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

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

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

1550 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) on this day in history. 

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

1573 Solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies on this day in history. 

1581 Death of Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar on this day in history. 

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