Famous Deaths Happened In February - 23

0155  Death of Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake on this day in history.   

1011  Death of Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz on February - 23.   

1100  Death of Emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076) on February - 23.   

1447  On this day in history eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies   

1464  On February - 23 death of zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427)   

1468  John Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies on February - 23.   

1526  Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies on February - 23.   

1554  Death of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed on February - 23.   

1572  On this day in history death of pierre Certon, French composer   

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

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

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

1682  Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75 on February - 23.   

1704  Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50 on February - 23.   

1718  On this day in history 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  On this day in history joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68   

1800  On this day in history death of joseph Warton, English literary critic (b. 1722)   

1806  On February - 23 john Alcock, composer, dies at 90   

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

1821  John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome on February - 23.   

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

1855  Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies on February - 23.   

1859  Death of Zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) on February - 23.   

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

1879  Death of Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57   

1906  On this day in history 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  Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71) was born on this day in history.   

1417  Pope Paul II (d. 1471) was born on February - 23.   

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 February - 23.   

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

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

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

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