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Deaths on February 01

1204 : Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered
1248 : Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies
1294 : Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies
1328 : Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies
1502 : Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies
1542 : Hieronymus Aleander, [Gir¢lamo Aleandro], Ital diplomat, dies at 61
1650 : Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking
1666 : Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies
1669 : Abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers, buried at 31
1691 : Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80
1691 : George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at 56
1694 : John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73
1733 : August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62
1743 : Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85
1747 : Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies
1795 : Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66
1818 : Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74
1824 : Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64
1832 : Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71
1838 : Abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71
1839 : Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76
1851 : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53
1869 : Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68
1871 : Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51
1873 : Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies
1875 : William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58
1877 : Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71
1878 : George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85
1883 : Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies
1889 : Joseph Gungl, composer, dies at 78
1902 : Salomon Jaoassohn, composer, dies at 70
1903 : George G Stokes, British physicist/pres Royal Society, dies at 83
1904 : Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76
1905 : Oswald Aschenbach, German painter, dies at 77
1908 : Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44
1910 : Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44
1916 : Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65
1922 : William Desmond Taylor, director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at 49
1929 : August Otto Halm, composer, dies at 59
1937 : Marguerite Audoux, writer, dies
1944 : Martin Lunssens, composer, dies at 72
1944 : Piet Mondrian, abstract painter (Composition in Blue), dies at 71
1945 : Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), dies at 72
1946 : Hans Betghe, writer, dies at 70
1949 : Herbert Stothart, composer, dies at 63
1950 : Harry Blomberg, Swedish author (Jacobs Dr”m), dies at 56
1954 : Julius P Hoste, Belg minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69
1957 : Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66
1958 : Clinton Joseph Davisson, dies
1959 : Madame Sul-To-Wan, [Conley], actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85
1966 : Buster Keaton, [Joseph Francis], US comic (General), dies at 69
1966 : Hedda Hopper, [Elda Furry], US gossip columnist, dies at 75
1966 : Nicholas Piantanida, sets balloon flight record & dies in descent
1966 : William Harrigan, actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419), dies at 71
1967 : Ernie Bromley, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1933-34), dies
1967 : Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues), dies on 65th birthday
1968 : Lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57
1970 : Blaz Arnic, composer, dies at 69
1971 : Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies
1974 : Lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle
1974 : Marieluise Fleiáer, writer, dies at 71
1975 : Richard Wattis, actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62
1976 : Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66
1976 : Werner C Heisenberg, physicist (Nobel 1932, field theory), dies at 74
1977 : Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72
1979 : Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60
1980 : Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72
1980 : Romolo Valli, actor (Boom, La Viaccia), dies at 54
1981 : Donald W Douglas, US aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88
1981 : Ernst Pepping, composer, dies at 79
1981 : Nils Geirr Tveitt, composer, dies at 72
1981 : Wanda Hendrix, actress (Sierra, Ride the Pink Horse), dies
1983 : Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies
1986 : Alva Myrdal, Swedish Nobel peace prize winner (1982), dies at 84
1986 : Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58
1987 : Erin Westmore, makeup artist (Hollywood Backstage), dies at 82
1988 : Heather O'Rourke, (Poltergeist) star, dies of intestinal ailment at 12
1988 : Reinder Zwolsman, Dutch businessman, dies at 75
1991 : Carol Dempster, actress (Sally of Sawdust, America), dies at 89
1991 : H J van Ommeren-Averink, Dutch MP (CPN), dies
1991 : James G MacDonald, cartoon voice (Mickey Mouse), dies at 84
1991 : Phil Watson, NHL coach (NY Rangers), dies
1992 : George Berkeley, actor (Life Stinks, Capts & Kings), dies at 70
1992 : Irving R Kaufman, federal judge (Rosenberg Case), dies at 81
1994 : Fouad Fram al-Boustani, Lebanese historian (Rawaeaa), dies at 88
1994 : Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at 83
1995 : George Abbot, director (Damn Yankees), dies at 107
1995 : John Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC), dies at 74
1995 : Michael Caesar, pope of pot, dies of liver cancer at 52
1996 : Clive Burton, neuropathologist, dies at 54
1997 : Herb Caen, columnist, Lung cancer, dies at 80
1997 : Mitchell Goodman, writer, dies at 71
1997 : Peter Morris, historian of France, dies at 50
1997 : Thelma Moss, psychologist, dies at 78

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