Famous Deaths Happened In February - 23
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
0155 Death of Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake on this day in history.
1011 Death of Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz on this day in history.
1100 On February - 23 death of emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076)
1447 Eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies on February - 23.
1464 Death of Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427) on this day in history.
1468 John Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies on February - 23.
1526 On this day in history diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies
1554 On February - 23 death of henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed
1572 Death of Pierre Certon, French composer on this day in history.
1603 On February - 23 death of andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)
1607 On this day in history herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60
1669 On February - 23 lieuwe van Aitzema, Frisian historian, dies at 68
1682 Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1704 On February - 23 georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50
1718 On this day in history francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63
1766 Stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.
1781 Death of George Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716) on February - 23.
1792 Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68 on February - 23.
1800 Death of Joseph Warton, English literary critic (b. 1722) on this day in history.
1806 On February - 23 john Alcock, composer, dies at 90
1807 On this day in history francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61
1821 John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome on February - 23.
1848 John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 on February - 23.
1855 Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies on this day in history.
1859 On February - 23 death of zygmunt Krasiński, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)
1867 On February - 23 george Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90
1879 Death of Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803) on this day in history.
1884 On February - 23 tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23
1897 Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1900 William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies on February - 23.
1902 On February - 23 samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72
1903 On this day in history albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57
1906 Death of Johann Hoch, US murderer, executed on this day in history.
1908 On February - 23 death of johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (b. 1823)
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