Famous Deaths In January - 06

0664  Death of Amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583) on January - 06.   

1088  On this day in history berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies   

1275  Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1374  Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies on this day in history.   

1425  Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies on this day in history.   

1448  On this day in history christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies   

1481  Death of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde on January - 06.   

1536  On January - 06 baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies   

1541  Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52 on January - 06.   

1592  Johan Casimir, palsgrave at the Rhine, dies on January - 06.   

1616  On January - 06 death of philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550)   

1646  On January - 06 elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies at 72   

1685  On January - 06 malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68   

1689  On this day in history death of seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)   

1693  Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1694  Francesco Morosini, Italian army general, dies on this day in history.   

1697  Carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1702  On January - 06 thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [NS=Jan 17]   

1718  Death of Richard Hoare, English goldsmith and banker (b. 1648) on January - 06.   

1725  Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71 on January - 06.   

1731  Death of Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (b. 1672) on this day in history.   

1734  Death of John Dennis, English dramatist whose thunder was stolen (b. 1657) on this day in history.   

1738  Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74 on January - 06.   

1742  Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1785  Haym Salomon, dies in Phila at 44, helped finance the revolution on January - 06.   

1790  Johann Trier, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1799  W G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25 on January - 06.   

1800  William Jones, composer, dies at 73 on January - 06.   

1813  Death of Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (b. 1764) on January - 06.   

1831  On January - 06 rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64   

1840  Death of Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752) on January - 06.   

1852  Death of Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809) on January - 06.   

1855  On January - 06 death of giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)   

1882  On January - 06 death of richard Henry Dana, U.S. novelist (Two Years Before the Mast) (b. 1815)   

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1367  Richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99) was born on January - 06.   

1367  On January - 06 birth of richard II of England (d. 1400)   

1367  On this day in history birth of richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400)   

1412  On this day in history birth of joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr   

1412  On January - 06 birth of joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)   

1412  On this day in history birth of joan of Arc, Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)   

1486  On this day in history birth of martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor   

1488  On January - 06 birth of helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae)