0644 Death of Umar ibn al-KhattÄb, Second caliph of Islam on this day in history. 

0739 Willibrord, [Clemens], 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81 on this day in history. 

1225 Death of Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40 on this day in history. 

1550 On this day in history death of jon Arason, the last Roman Catholic bishop of Iceland prior to the reformation, beheaded in Skalholt with his two sons Are and Bjorn. (b. 1484) 

1560 On this day in history peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], German poet (Opera omnia), dies 

1573 On this day in history solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies 

1581 On this day in history death of richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar 

1599 On this day in history death of gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (b. 1546) 
