Famous Deaths Happened In October - 01
Thursday, 12 February 2026
0290 On this day in history death of [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed 

0540 On this day in history vedastus St Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies 

0552 Teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle on October - 01. 

0959 Death of King Edwy of England on October - 01. 

0976 On October - 01 al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies 

1040 Death of Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997) on October - 01. 

1189 On this day in history death of gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar 

1310 On this day in history death of beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257) 

1404 Boniface IX, [Pietro Tomacelli], Pope (1389-1404), dies on this day in history. 

1499 On this day in history death of marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b. 1433) 

1500 On October - 01 death of john Alcock, English Catholic bishop 

1567 On October - 01 death of pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508) 

1570 Death of Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520) on this day in history. 

1574 Maarten van Heemskerck, painter (Christ), dies on October - 01. 

1578 On this day in history don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31 

1588 Death of Blessed Edward James, Catholic martyr on October - 01. 

1602 On October - 01 hernando de Cabezon, composer, dies at 61 

1609 On October - 01 death of gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer 

1633 Filaret, [Fjodor N Romanov], patriarch of Moscow, dies on October - 01. 

1684 On October - 01 pierre Corneille, Fr lawyer/dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte), dies at 42 

1693 On October - 01 death of pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619) 

1704 Cornelis Dusart, painter/engraver, dies at 44 on October - 01. 

1708 On October - 01 john Blow, composer (Venus & Adonis), dies at 59 

1768 Robert Simson, Scotland mathematician, dies at 80 on this day in history. 

1770 On this day in history louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, dies at 64 

1795 On this day in history robert Bakewell, English cattle breeder, dies at about 70 

1814 Jakob I van Przysucha, Polish hassidic leader, dies on this day in history. 

1837 On this day in history death of robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777) 

1838 Death of Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768) on this day in history. 

1864 John Dunovant, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle on this day in history. 

1868 Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), dies at 63 on this day in history. 

1876 On this day in history henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77 

1881 Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history. 

1901 Abdoer-Rahman, emir of Afghanistan, dies on this day in history. 

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