Famous Deaths In February - 01

0656  On this day in history sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25   

1204  On February - 01 death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered   

1248  On February - 01 hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies   

1294  Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on this day in history.   

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on February - 01.   

1502  On February - 01 olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies   

1542  On February - 01 death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)   

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on February - 01.   

1590  On this day in history death of lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator   

1650  On February - 01 death of rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking   

1666  On February - 01 sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies   

1669  Death of Abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers, buried at 31 on February - 01.   

1691  Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1694  On February - 01 john L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73   

1718  On February - 01 death of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (b. 1660)   

1733  August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1734  Death of John Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649) on this day in history.   

1743  On February - 01 giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85   

1747  Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies on February - 01.   

1761  Death of Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682) on this day in history.   

1768  Death of Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (b. 1685) on February - 01.   

1793  On this day in history death of william Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (b. 1717)   

1795  On February - 01 giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66   

1818  Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1824  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64 on February - 01.   

1832  Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71 on February - 01.   

1838  On this day in history abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71   

1839  On this day in history giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76   

1850  Death of Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on February - 01.   

1851  On this day in history mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53   

1869  On this day in history frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68   

1871  On February - 01 alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51   

1873  On February - 01 matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies   

1875  William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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1261  On this day in history birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)   

1459  Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) was born on February - 01.   

1462  On this day in history birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)   

1552  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) was born on February - 01.   

1603  Michael Trumper, composer was born on this day in history.   

1605  On February - 01 birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic   

1633  On this day in history birth of gabriel Schutz, composer   

1635  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on February - 01.