Famous Deaths In February - 19

0197  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0440  On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)   

1133  On this day in history death of irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)   

1260  On February - 19 boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies   

1401  Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on February - 19.   

1414  On February - 19 thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies   

1545  Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on February - 19.   

1553  On February - 19 erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41   

1568  Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1589  Death of Saint Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens (b. 1522) on February - 19.   

1602  Death of Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558) on this day in history.   

1605  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, dies at 54 on February - 19.   

1620  Death of Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1622  Death of Sir Henry Savile, English educator (b. 1549) on February - 19.   

1653  Luigi Rossi, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1663  On this day in history death of adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)   

1670  On February - 19 death of king Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)   

1672  Death of Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592) on February - 19.   

1709  Death of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646) on February - 19.   

1716  Death of Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634) on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84   

1789  On February - 19 death of nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738)   

1790  Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history death of jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. 1733)   

1806  Death of Elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717) on February - 19.   

1815  Leonhard von Call, composer, dies at 47 on February - 19.   

1822  Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1837  Death of Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813) on this day in history.   

1858  Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78 on February - 19.   

1864  William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history death of vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1837)   

1875  On February - 19 jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76   

1878  On this day in history charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61   

1887  Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 on February - 19.   

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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on this day in history.   

1526  On February - 19 birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)   

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on February - 19.   

1588  Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies was born on February - 19.   

1611  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer   

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on February - 19.   

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.