Famous Birthdays In February - 06

1461  On February - 06 birth of dzore Drzic, Croatian poet   

1564  Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus) was born on this day in history.   

1577  On this day in history birth of beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)   

1608  Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher was born on February - 06.   

1611  On February - 06 birth of chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)   

1612  On this day in history birth of antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist   

1637  On February - 06 birth of toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan   

1639  Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691) was born on February - 06.   

1665  Anne Stuart, Queen of England (1702-14) was born on February - 06.   

1673  Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, composer was born on February - 06.   

1695  Andre Cheron, composer was born on February - 06.   

1695  Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726) was born on this day in history.   

1705  Johann Matthias Leffloth, composer was born on this day in history.   

1732  On February - 06 birth of charles Lee, General in the American Revolution (d. 1782)   

1744  Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795) was born on February - 06.   

1748  On February - 06 birth of adam Weishaupt, founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (d. 1811)   

1753  Evariste Desire Desforges chevalier de Parny, French poet was born on February - 06.   

1756  On February - 06 birth of aaron Burr, Newark NJ, (D-R), 3rd US VP (1801-05), dueler   

1757  On February - 06 birth of julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Polish scholar and statesman. (d. 1841)   

1778  Ugo Foscolo, Italy, poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis) was born on February - 06.   

1793  Pietro Rovelli, composer was born on February - 06.   

1797  Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs was born on this day in history.   

1802  Charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7] was born on February - 06.   

1804  Ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler was born on this day in history.   

1807  Hans Matthison-Hansen, composer was born on February - 06.   

1811  Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898) was born on this day in history.   

1818  William Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901 was born on this day in history.   

1830  Marcellus Monroe Crocker, Brig gen (Union volunteers), died in 1865) was born on February - 06.   

1832  On this day in history birth of john Brown Gordon, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1904   

1833  James Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.   

1833  On February - 06 birth of josé María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (d. 1906)   

1834  On February - 06 birth of william Dorsey Pender, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

1834  Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (d. 1889) was born on February - 06.   

1838  On February - 06 birth of henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)   

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

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

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

1585  On this day in history death of edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)   

1593  On February - 06 death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)