Famous Deaths Happened In February - 06

0743  On February - 06 hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52   

0891  On February - 06 photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies   

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

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

1497  On February - 06 john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79   

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

1585  On this day in history death of edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)   

1593  On this day in history death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)   

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

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

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

1699  On February - 06 jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies   

1725  Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1775  Death of William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721) on February - 06.   

1783  On February - 06 lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67   

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

1793  Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1798  On this day in history niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54   

1804  On February - 06 joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70   

1807  John Reid, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1812  Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104 on February - 06.   

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

1833  Death of Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762) on this day in history.   

1834  On February - 06 death of richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804)   

1855  Death of Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) on February - 06.   

1859  On this day in history johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45   

1865  John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33 on February - 06.   

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

1896  On this day in history abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82   

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

1899  Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1910  On February - 06 death of alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839)   

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

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

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1461  On February - 06 birth of dzore Drzic, Croatian poet   

1564  Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1612  Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist was born on February - 06.   

1637  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on this day in history.   

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