Famous Deaths Happened In February - 06

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

0891  On this day in history photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies   

1140  On this day in history thurstan, archbishop of York, dies   

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

1497  John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1515  Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on February - 06.   

1585  Death of Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) on February - 06.   

1593  Death of Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517) on February - 06.   

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  On this day in history 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  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 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 this day in history.   

1812  Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1881  Pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1896  On February - 06 abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82   

1897  On February - 06 ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies   

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

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  Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet was born on February - 06.   

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  On this day in history birth of chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)   

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

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)