Famous Deaths In February - 01

1877  Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71 on February - 01.   

1878  George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies   

1889  Joseph Gungl, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1893  On February - 01 death of george Henry Sanderson, Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)   

1897  Death of Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826) on February - 01.   

1902  On February - 01 salomon Jaoassohn, composer, dies at 70   

1903  George G Stokes, British physicist/pres Royal Society, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1904  Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76 on February - 01.   

1905  Oswald Aschenbach, German painter, dies at 77 on February - 01.   

1908  On February - 01 death of carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44   

1910  Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44 on February - 01.   

1916  On this day in history anton Simon, composer, dies at 65   

1922  William Desmond Taylor, director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history death of hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)   

1929  August Otto Halm, composer, dies at 59 on February - 01.   

1936  On this day in history death of georgios Kondylis, general of the Greek army and Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)   

1937  On February - 01 marguerite Audoux, writer, dies   

1940  On February - 01 death of philip Francis Nowlan, science fiction writer, creator of Buck Rogers character (b. 1888)   

1944  On this day in history martin Lunssens, composer, dies at 72   

1945  Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1946  On February - 01 hans Betghe, writer, dies at 70   

1949  Herbert Stothart, composer, dies at 63 on February - 01.   

1954  Julius P Hoste, Belg minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1957  On February - 01 friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66   

1958  On February - 01 clinton Joseph Davisson, dies   

1959  On February - 01 madame Sul-To-Wan, [Conley], actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85   

1963  Death of Fleetwood Lindley, the last living person to see Abraham Lincoln's face (b. 1888) on this day in history.   

1966  On February - 01 buster Keaton, [Joseph Francis], US comic (General), dies at 69   

1967  On this day in history ernie Bromley, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1933-34), dies   

1968  Lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57 on February - 01.   

1970  Blaz Arnic, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1971  On February - 01 jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies   

1974  Death of Lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle on February - 01.   

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1261  On February - 01 birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)   

1459  On February - 01 birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)   

1462  On February - 01 birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)   

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

1603  On February - 01 birth of michael Trumper, composer   

1605  On this day in history birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic   

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on February - 01.   

1635  On February - 01 birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)