Famous Deaths In February - 23
Friday, 26 July 2024
0155 Death of Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake on February - 23.
1011 On February - 23 death of willigis, Archbishop of Mainz
1100 Death of Emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076) on this day in history.
1447 On February - 23 eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies
1464 Death of Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427) on February - 23.
1468 On this day in history john Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies
1526 Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies on this day in history.
1554 On this day in history death of henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed
1572 On this day in history death of pierre Certon, French composer
1603 On this day in history death of andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)
1607 On February - 23 herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60
1669 Lieuwe van Aitzema, Frisian historian, dies at 68 on February - 23.
1682 Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1704 Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50 on February - 23.
1718 Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63 on February - 23.
1766 Stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.
1781 On February - 23 death of george Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716)
1792 On February - 23 joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68
1800 On February - 23 death of joseph Warton, English literary critic (b. 1722)
1806 On this day in history john Alcock, composer, dies at 90
1807 Francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61 on February - 23.
1821 John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome on this day in history.
1848 John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 on this day in history.
1855 Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies on this day in history.
1859 Death of Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) on February - 23.
1867 George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.
1879 On February - 23 death of albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803)
1884 On February - 23 tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23
1897 On this day in history woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68
1900 On this day in history william Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies
1902 Samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1903 On February - 23 albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57
1906 On February - 23 death of johann Hoch, US murderer, executed
1908 On this day in history death of johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (b. 1823)
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