Famous Deaths Happened In February - 06

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

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 February - 06.   

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  Death of Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) on February - 06.   

1593  On February - 06 death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)   

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

1617  On February - 06 prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63   

1695  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies on this day in history.   

1699  Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies on this day in history.   

1725  On this day in history johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75   

1775  Death of William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721) on this day in history.   

1783  On February - 06 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 this day in history carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history death of pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762)   

1834  Death of Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804) on February - 06.   

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

1859  Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history 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  Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus) was born on February - 06.   

1577  Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599) was born on February - 06.   

1608  Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher was born on February - 06.   

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)