Famous Deaths In February - 23

0155  On this day in history death of polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake   

1011  Death of Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz on this day in history.   

1100  On February - 23 death of emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076)   

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 February - 23 john Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies   

1526  On this day in history diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies   

1554  On February - 23 death of henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed   

1572  Death of Pierre Certon, French composer on February - 23.   

1603  Death of Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519) on February - 23.   

1607  Herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60 on February - 23.   

1669  On February - 23 lieuwe van Aitzema, Frisian historian, dies at 68   

1682  Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75 on February - 23.   

1704  Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1718  Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1766  Stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1781  Death of George Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716) on February - 23.   

1792  On February - 23 joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68   

1800  Death of Joseph Warton, English literary critic (b. 1722) on February - 23.   

1806  John Alcock, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1807  Francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history john Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome   

1848  On February - 23 john Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80   

1855  Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

1859  On February - 23 death of zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)   

1867  On February - 23 george Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90   

1879  Death of Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803) on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23   

1897  Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 on February - 23.   

1900  On February - 23 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  Albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1906  On February - 23 death of johann Hoch, US murderer, executed   

1908  Death of Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (b. 1823) on February - 23.   

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1417  On February - 23 birth of paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71)   

1417  On February - 23 birth of pope Paul II (d. 1471)   

1583  On February - 23 birth of jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)   

1614  Jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter was born on this day in history.   

1615  Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1633  On this day in history birth of samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs)   

1646  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)   

1648  On February - 23 birth of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)