Timeline Sunday 17 February 1856

Events on Sunday 17 February 1856 1

• 1797 – 1856 Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) Died 17 February 1856, aged 58 Heine, one of the most influential German poets of the 19th century, died in Paris after years of illness that had confined him to bed. His works, including Buch der Lieder, were set to music by composers such as Schubert and Schumann. He spent his final decades in exile in France due to censorship of his politically radical writing.