Famous Deaths In February - 06

0743  Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52 on this day in history.   

0891  On this day in history photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies   

1140  Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies on this day in history.   

1378  Death of Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338) on this day in history.   

1497  On this day in history john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79   

1515  On this day in history death of aldus Manutius, Italian printer   

1585  On February - 06 death of edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)   

1593  Death of Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517) on February - 06.   

1612  Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) on February - 06.   

1617  Prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63 on February - 06.   

1695  On February - 06 ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies   

1699  Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies on February - 06.   

1725  On February - 06 johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75   

1775  On this day in history death of william Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721)   

1783  On this day in history lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67   

1785  On February - 06 iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48   

1793  On February - 06 carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85   

1798  Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70   

1807  On February - 06 john Reid, composer, dies at 85   

1812  On this day in history carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104   

1816  On February - 06 death of maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744)   

1833  On February - 06 death of pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762)   

1834  On this day in history death of richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804)   

1855  On this day in history death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)   

1859  Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on February - 06.   

1865  John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33 on this day in history.   

1881  On February - 06 pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68   

1896  Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1897  On February - 06 ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies   

1899  Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 on February - 06.   

1910  Death of Alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839) on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history j Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69   

1916  Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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1461  On this day in history birth of dzore Drzic, Croatian poet   

1564  On February - 06 birth of christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)   

1577  On February - 06 birth of beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)   

1608  On this day in history birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher   

1611  Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

1612  On February - 06 birth of antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist   

1637  On February - 06 birth of toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan   

1639  On this day in history birth of daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)