Famous Deaths In February - 01

0656  Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on February - 01.   

1204  On February - 01 death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered   

1248  Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on February - 01.   

1294  On this day in history louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies   

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on this day in history.   

1502  Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies on February - 01.   

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on this day in history.   

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on this day in history.   

1590  On February - 01 death of lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator   

1650  On February - 01 death of rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking   

1666  Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies on February - 01.   

1669  On February - 01 death of abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers, buried at 31   

1691  On this day in history alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80   

1694  On February - 01 john L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73   

1718  Death of Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (b. 1660) on February - 01.   

1733  August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1734  On this day in history death of john Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649)   

1743  On this day in history giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85   

1747  Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies on this day in history.   

1761  Death of Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682) on February - 01.   

1768  On February - 01 death of sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (b. 1685)   

1793  Death of William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (b. 1717) on this day in history.   

1795  On February - 01 giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66   

1818  Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74 on February - 01.   

1824  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1832  Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71   

1839  On this day in history giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76   

1850  On this day in history death of edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln   

1851  On February - 01 mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53   

1869  Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51   

1873  On February - 01 matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies   

1875  On February - 01 william Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58   

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1261  On this day in history birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)   

1459  Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.   

1462  On February - 01 birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)   

1552  On this day in history birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)   

1603  Michael Trumper, composer was born on this day in history.   

1605  Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic was born on February - 01.   

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)