Famous Deaths In February - 19

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

0440  On February - 19 death of mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)   

1133  On February - 19 death of irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1553  On this day in history erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41   

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 this day in history.   

1622  Death of Sir Henry Savile, English educator (b. 1549) on this day in history.   

1653  On February - 19 luigi Rossi, composer, dies   

1663  On February - 19 death of adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)   

1670  On this day in history death of king Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)   

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

1709  Death of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646) on February - 19.   

1716  Death of Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634) on February - 19.   

1785  Johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1789  Death of Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738) on this day in history.   

1790  Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1799  On February - 19 death of jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. 1733)   

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

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

1822  Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 78 on February - 19.   

1837  On this day in history death of georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)   

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

1864  On February - 19 william Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies   

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

1875  On February - 19 jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76   

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

1887  Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on February - 19.   

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 February - 19.   

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

1611  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on February - 19.   

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

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on February - 19.   

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.