Famous Deaths Happened In February - 06

0743  Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52 on February - 06.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1585  Death of Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1725  On February - 06 johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75   

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

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 February - 06.   

1793  On February - 06 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1855  On February - 06 death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)   

1859  On February - 06 johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45   

1865  On this day in history john Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33   

1881  On this day in history 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 February - 06.   

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

1916  Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history birth of beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)   

1608  On this day in history birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher   

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)