Famous Deaths In February - 05

0995  On February - 05 death of william IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)   

1520  On this day in history death of sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)   

1578  On February - 05 giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies   

1591  Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies on this day in history.   

1658  On February - 05 maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52   

1679  On February - 05 joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91   

1705  On February - 05 jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37   

1721  James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1738  On this day in history georg Reidel, composer, dies at 61   

1745  Coelestin Praelisauer, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1754  On this day in history nicolaas S Cruquius, hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75   

1758  On February - 05 bernhard Christian Weber, composer, dies at 45   

1766  Death of Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705) on this day in history.   

1775  Death of Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (b. 1692) on this day in history.   

1790  On February - 05 death of william Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)   

1807  Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, dies at 80 on February - 05.   

1812  Franz Schneider, composer, dies at 74 on February - 05.   

1822  Ali Pasha of Janina, (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77 on this day in history.   

1825  Pierre Gaveaux, composer, dies at 64 on February - 05.   

1831  Death of John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29 on February - 05.   

1838  Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history salomon Munk, published Arabic edition of Maimounides, dies   

1881  On February - 05 thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85   

1888  Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49 on February - 05.   

1892  Death of Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (b. 1807) on this day in history.   

1897  On February - 05 hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42   

1907  Ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1911  On February - 05 petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies   

1915  On this day in history death of ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850)   

1917  On February - 05 paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41   

1919  Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher/writer, dies at 62 on February - 05.   

1922  James William Tate, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1924  Alexis Hollander, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history andre Gedalge, composer, dies at 69   

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0976  On this day in history birth of sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)   

1505  Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history birth of rené of Châlon, (d. 1544)   

1534  On this day in history birth of giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)   

1589  On February - 05 birth of honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet   

1589  Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669) was born on February - 05.   

1608  Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666) was born on February - 05.   

1626  Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696) was born on February - 05.