Famous Birthdays In February - 22

1040  On this day in history birth of rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105)   

1403  On this day in history birth of charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English   

1403  On this day in history birth of charles VII of France (d. 1461)   

1440  On this day in history birth of ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia   

1500  On this day in history birth of cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564)   

1514  Tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah) was born on this day in history.   

1542  On February - 22 birth of santino Garsi, composer   

1573  On this day in history birth of gemignano Capilupi, composer   

1599  Anthony Van Dyck, Antwerp Belgium, painter was born on this day in history.   

1612  On February - 22 birth of george Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (d. 1677)   

1634  On this day in history birth of petrus "Pieter" van Schooten, fortress architect   

1684  William Pulteney, London, statesman (Earl of Bath) was born on February - 22.   

1705  On February - 22 birth of peter Arctedius, [Artedi], Swedish biologist   

1714  On February - 22 birth of louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (d. 1795)   

1732  George Washington, Virginia, 1st pres (1789-97) was born on February - 22.   

1745  On February - 22 birth of joao de Sousa Carvalho, composer   

1749  Johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist/1st biographer of Bach was born on February - 22.   

1756  Georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (d. 1821) was born on February - 22.   

1761  On this day in history birth of erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer   

1761  Jacob Kimball, composer was born on this day in history.   

1764  On February - 22 birth of alexander Campbell, composer   

1770  Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer was born on February - 22.   

1772  On February - 22 birth of joseph Lipavsky, composer   

1772  Karl Jacob Wagner, composer was born on February - 22.   

1773  On February - 22 birth of matthijs I van Bree, Flemish (court)painter   

1778  Rembrandt Peale, portrait/historical painter (Court of Death) was born on February - 22.   

1779  On February - 22 birth of joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer   

1788  On February - 22 birth of arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher (Great Pessimist)   

1796  Adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician was born on February - 22.   

1796  On this day in history birth of alexis Bachelot, French missionary (d. 1837)   

1797  On February - 22 birth of william I, Berlin, King of Prussia (1861-88)/German Emperor (1871-88)   

1798  On this day in history birth of charles Mynn Thruston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1873   

1806  Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (d. 1875) was born on February - 22.   

1810  On February - 22 birth of frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer [OS]   

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0606  On February - 22 sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies   

0965  On this day in history death of odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)   

1071  Arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle on February - 22.   

1076  On February - 22 death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26]   

1078  Johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies on February - 22.   

1111  On this day in history death of roger Borsa, King of Sicily   

1213  Wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies on this day in history.   

1371  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46 on this day in history.