Famous Deaths Happened In February - 06

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

0891  Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies on February - 06.   

1140  On February - 06 thurstan, archbishop of York, dies   

1378  Death of Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338) on February - 06.   

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

1515  Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on this day in history.   

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

1593  Death of Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517) on this day in history.   

1612  On February - 06 christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)   

1617  On this day in history prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63   

1695  On this day in history 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  Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75 on February - 06.   

1775  On February - 06 death of william Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721)   

1783  Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67 on February - 06.   

1785  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85   

1798  Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54 on February - 06.   

1804  Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70 on February - 06.   

1807  John Reid, composer, dies at 85 on February - 06.   

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

1816  Death of Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744) on February - 06.   

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 February - 06 death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)   

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

1865  On February - 06 john Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33   

1881  Pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68 on February - 06.   

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

1897  Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67   

1910  On this day in history death of alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839)   

1914  J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1916  On February - 06 anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73   

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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  Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher was born on this day in history.   

1611  Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644) was born on February - 06.   

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

1637  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on February - 06.   

1639  On February - 06 birth of daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)