Famous Deaths In 1906

Jan 01 Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

Jan 13 Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859) died in the year 1906.  

Jan 16 Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834) died in the year 1906.  

Jan 18 In the year 1906 bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84  

Jan 25 On this day in history joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70  

Jan 29 Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 09 Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio on this day in history.  

Feb 10 On this day in history death of ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827)  

Feb 13 On this day in history death of albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866)  

Feb 18 Willem Doorenbos, literary/critic, dies at 85 in the year 1906.  

Feb 23 On this day in history death of johann Hoch, US murderer, executed  

Feb 25 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer/conductor c t, dies at 44 in the year 1906.  

Feb 26 On this day in history manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer, dies at 70  

Mar 01 In the year 1906 death of josé María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (b. 1833)  

Mar 04 On this day in history death of john McAllister Schofield, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. 1831)  

Mar 10 Eugen Richter, German MP (Liberal), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Mar 13 Susan B[rownell] Anthony, American suffragist, dies at 85 in the year 1906.  

Mar 15 On this day in history alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81  

Mar 17 On this day in history carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82  

Mar 22 In the year 1906 martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59  

Mar 23 Victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies in the year 1906.  

Mar 29 On this day in history death of slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)  

Mar 30 Betsy Perk, [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Apr 06 In the year 1906 alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57  

Apr 08 On this day in history death of auguste D, First recorded Alzheimer's victim (b. 1950)  

Apr 11 Georgi Apollonovitch Gapon, Rus-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 18 Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846) died on this day in history.  

Apr 19 Pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies on this day in history.  

Apr 20 In the year 1906 australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26  

Apr 25 John Knowles Paine, US composer, dies at 67 in the year 1906.  

May 14 In the year 1906 death of carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)  

May 23 Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

May 30 William Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.  

May 31 Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932) was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)  

Jan 03 Roman Brandstaetter, writer was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 05 Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)  

Jan 06 Jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08 In the year 1906 birth of jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)  

Jan 08 In the year 1906 birth of serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist