Famous Deaths In February - 19

0197  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0440  On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)   

1133  Death of Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066) on February - 19.   

1260  On this day in history boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies   

1401  Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on this day in history.   

1414  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on this day in history.   

1545  Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on February - 19.   

1553  On this day in history erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41   

1568  Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1589  On this day in history death of saint Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens (b. 1522)   

1602  On February - 19 death of philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558)   

1605  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, dies at 54 on February - 19.   

1620  Death of Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1622  Death of Sir Henry Savile, English educator (b. 1549) on February - 19.   

1653  On February - 19 luigi Rossi, composer, dies   

1663  On February - 19 death of adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)   

1670  On February - 19 death of king Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)   

1672  On February - 19 death of charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592)   

1709  On February - 19 death of tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646)   

1716  Death of Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634) on this day in history.   

1785  Johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1789  Death of Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738) on this day in history.   

1790  Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history death of jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. 1733)   

1806  Death of Elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717) on this day in history.   

1815  On February - 19 leonhard von Call, composer, dies at 47   

1822  On this day in history jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 78   

1837  On this day in history death of georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)   

1858  Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1864  William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies on February - 19.   

1873  Death of Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1837) on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76   

1878  On February - 19 charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61   

1887  On February - 19 eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66   

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1473  On February - 19 birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)   

1526  On February - 19 birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)   

1552  On this day in history birth of melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)   

1588  On this day in history birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies   

1611  On this day in history birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)   

1616  Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer was born on February - 19.   

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on February - 19.   

1660  On February - 19 birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)