Famous Deaths In February - 06

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  On February - 06 death of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)   

1497  John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 on February - 06.   

1515  Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on February - 06.   

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

1593  On this day in history death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)   

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 February - 06.   

1699  On this day in history jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies   

1725  Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1775  On February - 06 death of william Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721)   

1783  Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

1785  On February - 06 iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48   

1793  On February - 06 carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85   

1798  On this day in history niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54   

1804  On February - 06 joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70   

1807  John Reid, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1812  On February - 06 carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104   

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  Death of Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45   

1865  John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33 on February - 06.   

1881  On this day in history pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68   

1896  On February - 06 abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82   

1897  On February - 06 ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies   

1899  On February - 06 georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67   

1910  Death of Alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839) on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history j Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69   

1916  On this day in history anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73   

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

1564  On this day in history birth of christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)   

1577  Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599) was born on this day in history.   

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

1611  Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

1612  Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist was born on February - 06.   

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)