Famous Deaths Happened In February - 23

0155  Death of Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake on February - 23.   

1011  On this day in history death of willigis, Archbishop of Mainz   

1100  On this day in history death of emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076)   

1447  Eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies on this day in history.   

1464  Death of Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427) on February - 23.   

1468  John Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies on this day in history.   

1526  On this day in history diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies   

1554  On February - 23 death of henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed   

1572  Death of Pierre Certon, French composer on February - 23.   

1603  Death of Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519) on February - 23.   

1607  On February - 23 herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60   

1669  Lieuwe van Aitzema, Frisian historian, dies at 68 on February - 23.   

1682  Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1704  Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1718  On February - 23 francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63   

1766  On this day in history stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies   

1781  On this day in history death of george Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716)   

1792  Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1800  Death of Joseph Warton, English literary critic (b. 1722) on this day in history.   

1806  John Alcock, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61   

1821  On February - 23 john Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome   

1848  On this day in history john Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80   

1855  Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

1859  On February - 23 death of zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)   

1867  George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history death of albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803)   

1884  On February - 23 tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23   

1897  Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1900  On February - 23 william Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies   

1902  On this day in history samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72   

1903  Albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57 on February - 23.   

1906  On February - 23 death of johann Hoch, US murderer, executed   

1908  On this day in history death of johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (b. 1823)   

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1417  Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71) was born on February - 23.   

1417  Pope Paul II (d. 1471) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On February - 23 birth of jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)   

1614  Jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter was born on this day in history.   

1615  Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1633  Samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs) was born on February - 23.   

1646  Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709) was born on February - 23.   

1648  On February - 23 birth of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)