Famous Deaths Happened In February - 22

0606  Sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies on this day in history.   

0965  On this day in history death of odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)   

1071  On February - 22 arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle   

1076  On February - 22 death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26]   

1078  Johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies on February - 22.   

1111  Death of Roger Borsa, King of Sicily on February - 22.   

1213  On February - 22 wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies   

1371  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1478  Hendrik Herp (Herpius/Harphius), writer (Spieghel volcomenheit), dies on February - 22.   

1512  Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), dies at 60 on February - 22.   

1627  Death of Olivier van Noort, Dutch navigator (b. 1558) on February - 22.   

1674  John Wilson, composer, dies at 78 on February - 22.   

1680  On February - 22 death of catherine Monvoisin, French sorceress (b. c.1640)   

1687  Death of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Paris, composer on February - 22.   

1690  Charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1727  Francesco Gasparini, composer, dies at 58 on February - 22.   

1731  On this day in history frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist, dies at 92   

1732  Death of Francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters (b. 1663) on this day in history.   

1742  On this day in history death of charles Rivington, English publisher (b. 1688)   

1750  Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1770  On February - 22 death of christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution   

1788  On this day in history franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63   

1797  On this day in history death of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720)   

1799  Death of Heshen, infamous Qing Dynasty Chinese official at court (b. 1750) on February - 22.   

1816  Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1822  On this day in history johann Ignaz Walter, composer, dies at 66   

1824  On February - 22 john Davy, composer, dies at 60   

1829  Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1832  Death of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, Weimar, Germany on February - 22.   

1836  On this day in history john Clarke-Whitfeld, composer, dies at 65   

1838  Friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1846  Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer, dies at 77 on February - 22.   

1849  On this day in history alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28   

1875  Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77 on February - 22.   

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1040  Rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105) was born on February - 22.   

1403  On February - 22 birth of charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English   

1403  Charles VII of France (d. 1461) was born on February - 22.   

1440  On this day in history birth of ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia   

1500  On February - 22 birth of cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564)   

1514  On this day in history birth of tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah)   

1542  On February - 22 birth of santino Garsi, composer   

1573  Gemignano Capilupi, composer was born on February - 22.