Famous Deaths Happened In February - 23

0155  On February - 23 death of polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake   

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

1100  On February - 23 death of emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076)   

1447  Eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies on February - 23.   

1464  Death of Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427) on this day in history.   

1468  On this day in history john Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1603  On February - 23 death of andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)   

1607  Herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60 on this day in history.   

1669  On this day in history lieuwe van Aitzema, Frisian historian, dies at 68   

1682  On February - 23 abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75   

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

1718  Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63 on February - 23.   

1766  On February - 23 stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies   

1781  Death of George Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716) on this day in history.   

1792  On this day in history joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68   

1800  Death of Joseph Warton, English literary critic (b. 1722) on February - 23.   

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

1807  Francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61 on February - 23.   

1821  On this day in history john Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome   

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

1855  On February - 23 carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies   

1859  On this day in history death of zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)   

1867  George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90 on February - 23.   

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  On this day in history woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68   

1900  William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies on February - 23.   

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

1903  Albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

1908  On February - 23 death of johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (b. 1823)   

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1417  On this day in history birth of paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71)   

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

1583  Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656) was born on February - 23.   

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

1615  On this day in history birth of cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised   

1633  On this day in history birth of samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs)   

1646  On February - 23 birth of tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)   

1648  On this day in history birth of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)