Famous Deaths In February - 22

0606  Sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies on this day in history.   

0965  On this day in history death of odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)   

1071  Arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle on February - 22.   

1076  On February - 22 death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26]   

1078  On February - 22 johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies   

1111  On February - 22 death of roger Borsa, King of Sicily   

1213  On this day in history wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies   

1371  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1478  Hendrik Herp (Herpius/Harphius), writer (Spieghel volcomenheit), dies on February - 22.   

1512  On February - 22 amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), dies at 60   

1627  On February - 22 death of olivier van Noort, Dutch navigator (b. 1558)   

1674  On February - 22 john Wilson, composer, dies at 78   

1680  On February - 22 death of catherine Monvoisin, French sorceress (b. c.1640)   

1687  Death of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Paris, composer on this day in history.   

1690  Charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1727  On February - 22 francesco Gasparini, composer, dies at 58   

1731  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1732  Death of Francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters (b. 1663) on this day in history.   

1742  On February - 22 death of charles Rivington, English publisher (b. 1688)   

1750  On February - 22 pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer, dies at 71   

1770  On February - 22 death of christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution   

1788  On this day in history franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63   

1797  Death of Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720) on February - 22.   

1799  Death of Heshen, infamous Qing Dynasty Chinese official at court (b. 1750) on this day in history.   

1816  On February - 22 adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92   

1822  On February - 22 johann Ignaz Walter, composer, dies at 66   

1824  On February - 22 john Davy, composer, dies at 60   

1829  On this day in history adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general, dies at 53   

1832  Death of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, Weimar, Germany on February - 22.   

1836  On February - 22 john Clarke-Whitfeld, composer, dies at 65   

1838  Friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1846  On February - 22 carolus Antonius Fodor, composer, dies at 77   

1849  On February - 22 alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28   

1875  Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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1040  On February - 22 birth of rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105)   

1403  Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English was born on February - 22.   

1403  On February - 22 birth of charles VII of France (d. 1461)   

1440  Ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia was born on February - 22.   

1500  Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564) was born on February - 22.   

1514  On February - 22 birth of tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah)   

1542  On this day in history birth of santino Garsi, composer   

1573  On this day in history birth of gemignano Capilupi, composer