Famous Deaths In February - 05

0995  On this day in history death of william IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)   

1520  On February - 05 death of sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)   

1578  On this day in history giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies   

1591  On February - 05 gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies   

1658  On February - 05 maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52   

1679  On February - 05 joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91   

1705  On February - 05 jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37   

1721  James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 on February - 05.   

1738  On this day in history georg Reidel, composer, dies at 61   

1745  On this day in history coelestin Praelisauer, composer, dies at 49   

1754  Nicolaas S Cruquius, hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75 on February - 05.   

1758  Bernhard Christian Weber, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1766  Death of Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705) on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history death of eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (b. 1692)   

1790  Death of William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710) on this day in history.   

1807  Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, dies at 80 on February - 05.   

1812  On this day in history franz Schneider, composer, dies at 74   

1822  On February - 05 ali Pasha of Janina, (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77   

1825  On February - 05 pierre Gaveaux, composer, dies at 64   

1831  Death of John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29 on this day in history.   

1838  Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 on February - 05.   

1867  On this day in history salomon Munk, published Arabic edition of Maimounides, dies   

1881  On this day in history thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85   

1888  On this day in history anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49   

1892  Death of Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (b. 1807) on February - 05.   

1897  On February - 05 hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42   

1907  On this day in history ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45   

1911  On February - 05 petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies   

1915  On this day in history death of ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850)   

1917  Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 on February - 05.   

1919  On this day in history vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher/writer, dies at 62   

1922  On this day in history james William Tate, composer, dies at 46   

1924  Alexis Hollander, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1926  On February - 05 andre Gedalge, composer, dies at 69   

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0976  Sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017) was born on this day in history.   

1505  On February - 05 birth of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)   

1519  On February - 05 birth of rené of Châlon, (d. 1544)   

1534  Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.   

1589  Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet was born on February - 05.   

1589  Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669) was born on February - 05.   

1608  Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)