Famous Deaths Happened In 1906

Jan 01 Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1906.  

Jan 13 On this day in history death of alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)  

Jan 16 Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834) died in the year 1906.  

Jan 18 Bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84 in the year 1906.  

Jan 25 On this day in history joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70  

Jan 29 On this day in history christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies  

Feb 09 Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio on this day in history.  

Feb 10 Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827) died in the year 1906.  

Feb 13 On this day in history death of albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866)  

Feb 18 In the year 1906 willem Doorenbos, literary/critic, dies at 85  

Feb 23 Johann Hoch, US murderer, executed died on this day in history.  

Feb 25 In the year 1906 anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer/conductor c t, dies at 44  

Feb 26 Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Mar 01 On this day in history death of josé María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (b. 1833)  

Mar 04 In the year 1906 death of john McAllister Schofield, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. 1831)  

Mar 10 In the year 1906 eugen Richter, German MP (Liberal), dies at 67  

Mar 13 Susan B[rownell] Anthony, American suffragist, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Mar 15 In the year 1906 alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81  

Mar 17 On this day in history carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82  

Mar 22 In the year 1906 martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59  

Mar 23 Victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies on this day in history.  

Mar 29 Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878) died in the year 1906.  

Mar 30 Betsy Perk, [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist, dies at 73 in the year 1906.  

Apr 06 On this day in history alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57  

Apr 08 On this day in history death of auguste D, First recorded Alzheimer's victim (b. 1950)  

Apr 11 In the year 1906 georgi Apollonovitch Gapon, Rus-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent, dies  

Apr 18 Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846) died in the year 1906.  

Apr 19 Pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies on this day in history.  

Apr 20 In the year 1906 australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26  

Apr 25 John Knowles Paine, US composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

May 14 On this day in history death of carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)  

May 23 In the year 1906 henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78  

May 30 William Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30 in the year 1906.  

May 31 Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56 in the year 1906.  

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Jan 01 Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932) was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 01 Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974) was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 03 Roman Brandstaetter, writer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho  

Jan 06 Benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary) was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 06 Jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08 Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP) was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 08 In the year 1906 birth of serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist