Died on
Who died on February 1
105 figures who shaped history died on February 1.
- 105deaths
- 53events
Best known
Best known
Pope Stephen III
Head of the Catholic Church from 768 to 772
Ramiro I of Asturias
King of Asturias (rgn: 842 - 850)
Henry II of Brabant
Duke of Brabant and Lothier from 1235
Charles IV of France
King of France and Navarre from 1322 to 1328
Menas of Ethiopia
Emperor of Ethiopia from 1559 to 1563
Lawrence Humphrey
English theologian (died 1589)
Pope Stephen III — Head of the Catholic Church from 768 to 772, who died on February 1 772.
Ramiro I of Asturias — King of Asturias (rgn: 842 - 850), who died on February 1 850.
Henry II of Brabant — Duke of Brabant and Lothier from 1235, who died on February 1 1248.
Charles IV of France — King of France and Navarre from 1322 to 1328, who died on February 1 1328.
Menas of Ethiopia — Emperor of Ethiopia from 1559 to 1563, who died on February 1 1563.
Lawrence Humphrey — English theologian (died 1589), who died on February 1 1590.
All entries
- 583KKan Bahlam IAjaw
- 1222AAlexios I of TrebizondEmperor of Trebizond and Byzantine claimant
- 1501
Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria - 1542
Girolamo Aleandro16th-century Venetian and Catholic cardinal - 1691
Pope Alexander VIIIHead of the Catholic Church from 1689 to 1691 - 1718
Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of ShrewsburyBritish statesman - 1733
Augustus II the StrongKing of Poland, Elector of Saxony and Grand Duke of Lithuania - 1734
John Floyer (physician)English physician and author - 1743
Giuseppe Ottavio PitoniItalian composer - 1750
Bakar of KartliGeorgian prince - 1761
Pierre François Xavier de CharlevoixFrench Jesuit priest, traveller and historian - 1768
Sir Robert Rich, 4th BaronetBritish Army officer and politician - 1793
William Barrington, 2nd Viscount BarringtonBritish politician - 1803
Anders ChydeniusSwedish-Finnish priest, politician, enlightenment thinker and economist - 1832
Archibald MurpheyAmerican politician - 1851
Mary ShelleyEnglish writer - 1871
Alexander SerovRussian composer and music critic - 1893
George Henry Sanderson22nd Mayor of San Francisco from 1891 to 1893 - 1897
Constantin von EttingshausenAustrian botanist - 1903
Sir George Stokes, 1st BaronetBritish mathematician and physicist - 1907
Léon SerpolletFrench engineer - 1908
Carlos I of PortugalKing of Portugal from 1889 to 1908 - 1916
James BoucautAustralian politician and judge - 1917
Georg Andreas BullNorwegian architect - 1922
William Desmond TaylorIrish-American film director, actor, and murder victim - 1924
Maurice PrendergastAmerican painter - 1928
Hughie JenningsAmerican baseball player, coach, and manager - 1936
Georgios KondylisGreek politician and general - 1940
Philip Francis NowlanAmerican novelist - 1940
Zacharias PapantoniouGreek writer - 1944
Piet MondrianDutch painter - 1949
N. D. Cocea20th-century Romanian journalist and activist
- 1949
Herbert StothartAmerican songwriter, arranger, conductor and composer - 1957
Friedrich PaulusGerman field marshal - 1958
Clinton DavissonAmerican physicist - 1959
Madame Sul-Te-WanAmerican actress - 1965
Johan ScharffenbergNorwegian activist - 1966
Hedda HopperAmerican gossip columnist and actress - 1966
Buster KeatonAmerican actor and filmmaker - 1968DDeath of Echol Cole and Robert WalkerAccidental deaths of two American sanitation workers
- 1970
Alfréd RényiHungarian mathematician - 1976
Werner HeisenbergGerman physicist - 1976
George WhippleAmerican biomedical researcher - 1979
Abdi İpekçiTurkish journalist, intellectual and human rights activist - 1980
Yolanda González (activist)Spanish militant - 1981
Donald Wills Douglas Sr.American aircraft industrialist - 1981
Geirr TveittNorwegian composer and pianist - 1986
Alva MyrdalSwedish sociologist and politician - 1987
Alessandro BlasettiItalian film director - 1988
Heather O'RourkeAmerican child actress - 1989
Elaine de KooningAmerican expressionist painter - 1989
Eduardo Franco (singer)Uruguayan singer and composer - 1991
Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur AttarSaudi Arabian writer and journalist - 1992JJean HamburgerFrench physician, surgeon and essayist
- 1993
Sven ThofeltSwedish modern pentathlete and épée fencer - 1996
Ray Crawford (racing driver)American pilot, race-car driver and businessman - 1997
Herb CaenAmerican newspaper columnist - 1999
Paul MellonAmerican philanthropist and horse breeder - 2001AAndré D'Allemagne
- 2002
Aykut BarkaTurkish scientist - 2002
Hildegard KnefGerman actress - 2003
Michael P. AndersonAmerican astronaut and scientist - 2003
David M. BrownAmerican astronaut - 2003
Kalpana ChawlaIndian-American astronaut - 2003
Laurel ClarkAmerican astronaut - 2003
Rick HusbandAmerican astronaut - 2003
William C. McCoolAmerican astronaut - 2003
Ilan RamonIsraeli fighter pilot and astronaut - 2003
Mongo SantamaríaAfro-Cuban musician
- 2004
Suha ArınTurkish film director, writer, producer and educator - 2005
John VernonCanadian actor
- 2007
Gian Carlo MenottiItalian-American composer and librettist - 2008
Beto CarreroBrazilian entertainer and businessman - 2010
Jack BriscoAmerican professional wrestler and amateur wrestler - 2012
Don CorneliusAmerican TV host and producer - 2012
Wisława SzymborskaPolish poet and Nobel laureate - 2013
Helene HaleAmerican politician - 2013
Ed KochMayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989 - 2013
Shanu LahiriIndian painter - 2013CCecil WomackAmerican singer-songwriter
- 2014
Luis AragonésSpanish football player and manager - 2014
Vasily Petrov (marshal)Russian military official - 2014
Rene RicardAmerican poet - 2014
Maximilian SchellSwiss actor, filmmaker, and theatre director - 2015
Aldo CiccoliniItalian pianist
- 2015
Udo LattekGerman football player and coach - 2015
Monty OumAmerican animator and voice actor - 2016
Óscar Humberto Mejía VíctoresGuatemalan military officer and politician - 2017
Desmond CarringtonBritish broadcaster and actor - 2018
Barys KitBelarusian-American rocket scientist - 2018MMowzey RadioUgandan musician
- 2019
Jeremy HardyEnglish comedian - 2019
Clive SwiftEnglish actor and songwriter - 2019WWade Wilson (American football)American football player and coach
- 2021
Dustin DiamondAmerican actor and comedian - 2021TTemur TsiklauriMusical artist
- 2022RRemi De RooCanadian Catholic bishop
- 2025
Horst KöhlerPresident of Germany from 2004 to 2010 - 2025
Fay VincentAmerican baseball commissioner
Frequently asked questions
Who died on February 1?
105 people with a Wikipedia article died on February 1, including Pope Stephen III, Ramiro I of Asturias, Henry II of Brabant. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on February 1?
53 documented historical events happened on February 1, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Fourteen-year-old Edward III was crowned King of England, but with the country ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. On the same day, in another year: The Teutonic Knights successfully besieged the hillfort of Medvėgalis (pictured) in Samogitia, Lithuania, and baptised the defenders in the Catholic rite. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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