Died on
Who died on February 3
92 figures who shaped history died on February 3.
- 92deaths
- 53events
Best known
Best known
Sihyaj Chan Kʼawiil II
Ajaw of the Maya city of Tikal
Kʼinich Yoʼnal Ahk I
Ajaw of Piedras Negras from 603 to 639
Werburgh
Anglo-Saxon saint
Ansgar
Christian saint, Archbishop, and missionary
Coloman, King of Hungary
King of Hungary from 1095 to 1116
John of Gaunt
English prince and regent
Sihyaj Chan Kʼawiil II — Ajaw of the Maya city of Tikal, who died on February 3 456.
Kʼinich Yoʼnal Ahk I — Ajaw of Piedras Negras from 603 to 639, who died on February 3 639.
Werburgh — Anglo-Saxon saint, who died on February 3 699.
Ansgar — Christian saint, Archbishop, and missionary, who died on February 3 865.
Coloman, King of Hungary — King of Hungary from 1095 to 1116, who died on February 3 1116.
John of Gaunt — English prince and regent, who died on February 3 1399.
All entries
- 6
0sFirst 9 years of the Common Era
- 929GGuy of TuscanyItalian nobleman (died 929)
- 938ZZhou BenTang Dynasty general and prince
- 994WWilliam IV of AquitaineDuke of Aquitaine from 963 to 990
- 1014SSwein ForkbeardKing of Denmark and England (died 1014)
- 1161IInge HaraldssonKing of Norway from 1136 to 1161
- 1252
Sviatoslav III of VladimirGrand Prince of Vladimir - 1428
Ashikaga YoshimochiJapanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1394 to 1423 - 1451
Murad IISultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1421–1444, 1446–1451) - 1468
Johannes GutenbergGerman inventor and craftsman (c. 1393–1406 – 1468) - 1475
John IV of Nassau-SiegenGerman count - 1537
Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of KildareIrish noble - 1566
George CassanderFlemish Catholic theologian and humanist - 1618
Philip II, Duke of PomeraniaPomeranian Duke
- 1619
Henry Brooke, 11th Baron CobhamEnglish peer - 1737
Tommaso CevaItalian Jesuit mathematician - 1802
Pedro Rodríguez, Count of CampomanesSpanish statesman, economist, and writer - 1813
Juan Bautista CabralArgentinian soldier - 1820
Gia LongFounding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty (r. 1802–04) - 1832
George CrabbeEnglish poet, surgeon, and clergyman - 1862
Jean-Baptiste BiotFrench physicist - 1866
François-Xavier GarneauFrench Canadian notary, poet, civil servant and liberal - 1873
Isaac Baker BrownEnglish gynaecologist and obstetric surgeon - 1899
Geert Adriaans BoomgaardDutch supercentenarian - 1922
Christiaan de WetBoer general - 1922
John Butler YeatsAnglo-Irish artist - 1924
Woodrow WilsonPresident of the United States from 1913 to 1921 - 1929
Agner Krarup ErlangDanish mathematician, statistician and engineer - 1935
Hugo JunkersGerman aviation pioneer - 1944
Yvette GuilbertFrench cabaret singer - 1945
Roland FreislerGerman jurist - 1947
Marc MitscherUnited States Navy admiral - 1952
Harold L. IckesAmerican politician - 1955
Vasily BlokhinSoviet Russian soldier and executioner - 1956
Émile BorelFrench mathematician - 1956
Johnny ClaesEnglish jazz trumpeter and racing driver - 1959
The Big BopperAmerican musician - 1959
Buddy HollyAmerican musician - 1959
Ritchie ValensAmerican rock musician - 1960
Fred BuscaglioneItalian actor, recording artist, singer - 1961
William Morrison, 1st Viscount DunrossilBritish politician - 1961
Anna May WongAmerican actress - 1963
Benjamin R. JacobsAmerican biochemist - 1967
Joe MeekEnglish record producer - 1969
C. N. AnnaduraiIndian politician - 1969
Eduardo MondlaneMozambican politician - 1975
William D. CoolidgeAmerican physicist and engineer - 1975
Umm KulthumEgyptian singer-songwriter and actress - 1985
Frank OppenheimerAmerican particle physicist and science educator - 1989
John CassavetesAmerican filmmaker and actor - 1989LLionel NewmanAmerican composer, pianist and conductor
- 1991
Nancy KulpAmerican actress and educator - 1993FFrançoys BernierCanadian pianist, conductor, radio producer, arts administrator and music educator
- 1996
Audrey MeadowsAmerican actress - 1999GGwen GuthrieAmerican singer-songwriter
- 2004
Mrs. Ngô Bá ThànhVietnamese lawyer, politician, and activist - 2005
Zurab ZhvaniaGeorgian politician; Prime Minister of Georgia
- 2005
Ernst MayrGerman-American evolutionary biologist - 2006
Al LewisAmerican actor - 2009
Sheng-yenChinese Chan Buddhist monk and writer - 2010DDick McGuireAmerican basketball player and coach
- 2010
Frances ReidAmerican actress - 2011
Maria Schneider (actress)French actress - 2012
Toh Chin ChyeSingaporean politician - 2012
Ben GazzaraAmerican actor - 2012
Terence HildnerUnited States Army brigadier general - 2012
Raj KanwarIndian film director - 2012
Zalman KingAmerican director, writer, producer, actor - 2012
Andrzej Szczeklik - 2013
Cardiss CollinsAmerican politician - 2013
Oscar FeltsmanRussian composer - 2013
James MuriUS Air Force officer - 2013
Jam Mohammad YousafPakistani politician - 2015
Martin GilbertBritish historian - 2015
Mary Healy (entertainer)American actress - 2015
Charlie SiffordAmerican professional golfer - 2015
Nasim Hasan ShahPakistani judge - 2016
Joe AlaskeyAmerican actor - 2016
Balram JakharIndian politician - 2016
József KaszaSerbian politician - 2017
Dritëro AgolliAlbanian poet, writer, and politician - 2019
Julie AdamsAmerican actress - 2019
Kristoff St. JohnAmerican actor - 2020
George SteinerFrench and American Writer, literary critic and philosopher - 2025
Harry JayawardenaSri Lankan industrialist - 2025KKandiah BalendraSri Lankan businessman
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Who died on February 3?
92 people with a Wikipedia article died on February 3, including Sihyaj Chan Kʼawiil II, Kʼinich Yoʼnal Ahk I, Werburgh. 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.
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53 documented historical events happened on February 3, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Emperor Henry III declared Drogo of Hauteville to be count of all Apulian and Calabrian Normans. On the same day, in another year: Mudéjar revolt: King James I of Aragon entered the formerly Muslim-held city of Murcia following its surrender three days earlier. 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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