Famous Deaths Happened In February - 22
Thursday, 18 September 2025
0606 On February - 22 sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies
0965 On this day in history death of odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)
1071 On this day in history arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle
1076 On this day in history death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26]
1078 Johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies on this day in history.
1111 Death of Roger Borsa, King of Sicily on this day in history.
1213 Wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies on this day in history.
1371 David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46 on this day in history.
1478 On February - 22 hendrik Herp (Herpius/Harphius), writer (Spieghel volcomenheit), dies
1512 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), dies at 60 on February - 22.
1627 On February - 22 death of olivier van Noort, Dutch navigator (b. 1558)
1674 On this day in history john Wilson, composer, dies at 78
1680 On February - 22 death of catherine Monvoisin, French sorceress (b. c.1640)
1687 Death of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Paris, composer on this day in history.
1690 On February - 22 charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70
1727 On this day in history francesco Gasparini, composer, dies at 58
1731 Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist, dies at 92 on February - 22.
1732 On this day in history death of francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters (b. 1663)
1742 Death of Charles Rivington, English publisher (b. 1688) on this day in history.
1750 On February - 22 pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer, dies at 71
1770 On this day in history 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 Death of Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720) on this day in history.
1799 Death of Heshen, infamous Qing Dynasty Chinese official at court (b. 1750) on this day in history.
1816 On February - 22 adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92
1822 On this day in history johann Ignaz Walter, composer, dies at 66
1824 John Davy, composer, dies at 60 on February - 22.
1829 On February - 22 adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general, dies at 53
1832 On February - 22 death of johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, Weimar, Germany
1836 On February - 22 john Clarke-Whitfeld, composer, dies at 65
1838 On this day in history friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70
1846 On February - 22 carolus Antonius Fodor, composer, dies at 77
1849 On February - 22 alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28
1875 On this day in history charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77
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