Famous Deaths In February - 03

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

0619  On February - 03 death of laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury   

0699  Death of Saint Werburgh on February - 03.   

0865  Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies on February - 03.   

1014  On this day in history death of king Sweyn I of Denmark   

1116  On February - 03 death of king Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)   

1399  John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1428  On February - 03 death of ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)   

1451  Murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies on February - 03.   

1468  Johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg, printer, dies on February - 03.   

1536  On February - 03 garcia de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies   

1558  On this day in history alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies   

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

1602  Paul Melissus, [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1619  Death of Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (b. 1564) on this day in history.   

1679  On this day in history jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53   

1697  Sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island on February - 03.   

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

1737  On February - 03 death of tommaso Ceva, Italian Mathematician (b. 1648)   

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

1803  On February - 03 pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79   

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

1832  On February - 03 george Crabbe, English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at 77   

1846  Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79 on February - 03.   

1862  Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 on February - 03.   

1866  On February - 03 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  On this day in history death of belle Starr, US female gangster, murdered at 40   

1890  Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1900  On February - 03 ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33   

1902  Isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch PM (1866), dies on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1655  Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1677  Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1690  Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755) was born on February - 03.   

1721  Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) was born on February - 03.