Famous Deaths In February - 19

0197  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on February - 19.   

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362) on February - 19.   

1133  Death of Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066) on this day in history.   

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

1414  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on February - 19.   

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

1553  Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on February - 19.   

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  On February - 19 death of philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558)   

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

1620  Death of Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam on February - 19.   

1622  On February - 19 death of sir Henry Savile, English educator (b. 1549)   

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  Death of King Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609) on February - 19.   

1672  On February - 19 death of charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592)   

1709  On this day in history death of tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646)   

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

1785  On February - 19 johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84   

1789  On this day in history death of nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738)   

1790  Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer, dies at 47 on February - 19.   

1799  Death of Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. 1733) on this day in history.   

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

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

1822  On February - 19 jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 78   

1837  On February - 19 death of georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)   

1858  On this day in history alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78   

1864  On this day in history william Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies   

1873  Death of Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1837) on February - 19.   

1875  Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76 on February - 19.   

1878  Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66   

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1473  On February - 19 birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)   

1526  Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) was born on this day in history.   

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on this day in history.   

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

1611  On this day in history birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)   

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

1630  On February - 19 birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)   

1660  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)