Famous Deaths In July - 06

1189  Henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1218  Death of Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166) on this day in history.   

1415  Death of Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany on July - 06.   

1476  On July - 06 regiomontanus, [Johannes Muller of Königsberg], dies   

1480  On this day in history antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64   

1533  Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57 on July - 06.   

1535  On July - 06 death of thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57   

1553  On this day in history edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15   

1568  On July - 06 johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61   

1583  Edmund Grindal, English bishop of London/archbhp of York, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1585  On July - 06 death of thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (b. 1552)   

1587  Death of Michael Lauterbeck, assassinated Fries viceroy Willem Louis, executed on this day in history.   

1684  Death of Peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614) on July - 06.   

1701  On July - 06 death of william Kidd, English/US buccaneer, hanged   

1734  On this day in history nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69   

1758  Death of George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general on this day in history.   

1762  Death of Peter III Feodorovich, tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34 on July - 06.   

1765  On July - 06 ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 76   

1768  Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer, dies at 78 on July - 06.   

1795  On this day in history georg Gottfried Petri, composer, dies at 79   

1802  On July - 06 death of daniel Morgan, American Revolutionary general and politician (b. ~1735)   

1809  On this day in history death of antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775)   

1813  On this day in history death of granville Sharp, British abolitionist (b. 1735)   

1816  Philipp Meissner, composer, dies at 67 on July - 06.   

1835  Death of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1755) on this day in history.   

1854  On July - 06 death of georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789)   

1858  Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer, dies at 78 on July - 06.   

1860  Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer, dies at 37 on July - 06.   

1863  On this day in history strong Vincent, US Union brig-general, dies   

1864  Samuel Allen Rice, US Union brig-gen, dies of injuries at 36 on this day in history.   

1868  Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71 on July - 06.   

1871  On this day in history antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34   

1879  Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65 on July - 06.   

1893  On July - 06 death of guy de Maupassant, French author (b. 1850)   

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1542  On July - 06 birth of elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem/Juliana van Stolberg   

1580  On this day in history birth of johann Stobaeus, composer   

1632  On this day in history birth of albert Schop, composer   

1632  On this day in history birth of pietro Reggio, composer   

1638  On this day in history birth of gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter   

1668  Peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist was born on July - 06.   

1678  On July - 06 birth of nicola Francesco Haym, composer   

1686  Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758) was born on July - 06.