Historical Events In February - 03

0474  Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies on this day in history.   

0619  On this day in history laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury   

0699  Saint Werburgh on this day in history.   

0865  Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1014  On February - 03 king Sweyn I of Denmark   

1112  On February - 03 ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.   

1368  On February - 03 charles VI, King of France (1380-1422)   

1377  Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term on February - 03.   

1377  On February - 03 mass execution of population of Cesena Italy   

1399  On February - 03 john of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58   

1451  On this day in history sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.   

1451  Murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies on this day in history.   

1468  On February - 03 johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg, printer, dies   

1488  On February - 03 bartholomeus Diaz discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros)   

1509  The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India on this day in history.   

1525  Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer on February - 03.   

1536  Garcia de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies on February - 03.   

1547  On February - 03 russian czar Ivan IV (17) marries Anastasia Romanova   

1558  On this day in history alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies   

1576  Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris on this day in history.   

1591  German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau on this day in history.   

1602  On this day in history paul Melissus, [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62   

1648  Louis Bouteiller, composer on this day in history.   

1653  Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile on February - 03.   

1655  On this day in history francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized   

1660  General Moncks army reaches London on this day in history.   

1679  Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53 on February - 03.   

1690  On February - 03 the first paper money in America issued (colony of Massachusetts)   

1690  On this day in history 1st paper money in America issued (colony of Mass)   

1697  On February - 03 sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island   

1699  On this day in history the colony of Massachusetts issues paper money for the first time in America, as it pays its soldiers fighting against Quebec.   

1715  Gottfried Vopelius, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1736  On this day in history johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austria organist/composer   

1740  Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily on this day in history.   

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1338  On February - 03 birth of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)   

1368  On February - 03 birth of charles VI, King of France (1380-1422)   

1525  Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer was born on this day in history.   

1648  On this day in history birth of louis Bouteiller, composer   

1655  Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born on February - 03.   

1677  On this day in history birth of jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)   

1690  On February - 03 birth of richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)   

1721  Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.   

0474  Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies on February - 03.   

0619  On February - 03 death of laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury   

0699  Death of Saint Werburgh on February - 03.   

0865  Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1014  Death of King Sweyn I of Denmark on this day in history.   

1116  On February - 03 death of king Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)   

1399  John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58 on February - 03.   

1428  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386) on this day in history.