Famous Deaths In July - 06

1189  On July - 06 henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies at 56   

1218  Death of Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166) on this day in history.   

1415  Death of Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany on this day in history.   

1476  Regiomontanus, [Johannes Muller of Königsberg], dies on July - 06.   

1480  Antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64 on July - 06.   

1533  On this day in history ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57   

1535  Death of Thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57 on July - 06.   

1553  On July - 06 edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15   

1568  On July - 06 johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61   

1583  Edmund Grindal, English bishop of London/archbhp of York, dies at 64 on July - 06.   

1585  Death of Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (b. 1552) on this day in history.   

1587  Death of Michael Lauterbeck, assassinated Fries viceroy Willem Louis, executed on this day in history.   

1684  On July - 06 death of peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614)   

1701  On July - 06 death of william Kidd, English/US buccaneer, hanged   

1734  Nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1758  Death of George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general on July - 06.   

1762  Death of Peter III Feodorovich, tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34 on July - 06.   

1765  Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 76 on July - 06.   

1768  Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer, dies at 78 on July - 06.   

1795  On this day in history georg Gottfried Petri, composer, dies at 79   

1802  On this day in history death of daniel Morgan, American Revolutionary general and politician (b. ~1735)   

1809  On this day in history death of antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775)   

1813  On this day in history death of granville Sharp, British abolitionist (b. 1735)   

1816  Philipp Meissner, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history death of john Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1755)   

1854  Death of Georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789) on July - 06.   

1858  On July - 06 jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer, dies at 78   

1860  Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer, dies at 37 on July - 06.   

1863  On this day in history strong Vincent, US Union brig-general, dies   

1864  Samuel Allen Rice, US Union brig-gen, dies of injuries at 36 on July - 06.   

1868  On July - 06 samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71   

1871  Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1879  On July - 06 henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65   

1893  Death of Guy de Maupassant, French author (b. 1850) on this day in history.   

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1542  On July - 06 birth of elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem/Juliana van Stolberg   

1580  On this day in history birth of johann Stobaeus, composer   

1632  On July - 06 birth of albert Schop, composer   

1632  On July - 06 birth of pietro Reggio, composer   

1638  Gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1668  Peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist was born on July - 06.   

1678  On July - 06 birth of nicola Francesco Haym, composer   

1686  On July - 06 birth of antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)