Famous Deaths In February - 03

0474  On this day in history leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies   

0619  Death of Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

0699  On this day in history death of saint Werburgh   

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

1014  On February - 03 death of king Sweyn I of Denmark   

1116  Death of King Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070) on this day in history.   

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 February - 03.   

1451  On February - 03 murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies   

1468  On this day in history johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg, printer, dies   

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

1558  Alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies on February - 03.   

1566  Death of George Cassander, Flemish theologian (b. 1513) on this day in history.   

1602  On February - 03 paul Melissus, [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62   

1619  On this day in history death of henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (b. 1564)   

1679  On February - 03 jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53   

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

1715  On February - 03 gottfried Vopelius, composer, dies at 70   

1737  On this day in history death of tommaso Ceva, Italian Mathematician (b. 1648)   

1748  On February - 03 henri Madin, composer, dies at 49   

1803  On this day in history pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79   

1814  On February - 03 johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75   

1832  George Crabbe, English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79   

1862  Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history death of françois-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809)   

1874  On this day in history death of lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835)   

1875  On February - 03 everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66   

1876  On February - 03 gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83   

1882  On this day in history guglielmo Quarenghi, composer, dies at 55   

1889  Death of Belle Starr, US female gangster, murdered at 40 on this day in history.   

1890  Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72 on February - 03.   

1900  Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1902  Isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch PM (1866), dies on February - 03.   

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

1368  Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422) was born on this day in history.   

1525  On February - 03 birth of giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer   

1648  Louis Bouteiller, composer was born on February - 03.   

1655  On February - 03 birth of francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized   

1677  On February - 03 birth of jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)   

1690  Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755) was born on this day in history.   

1721  On February - 03 birth of friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)