Famous Deaths In July - 06

1189  Henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies at 56 on July - 06.   

1218  Death of Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166) on July - 06.   

1415  On this day in history death of jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany   

1476  Regiomontanus, [Johannes Muller of Königsberg], dies on July - 06.   

1480  Antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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 July - 06 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  On this day in history death of peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614)   

1701  Death of William Kidd, English/US buccaneer, hanged on July - 06.   

1734  Nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1758  On this day in history death of george Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general   

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 this day in history.   

1795  Georg Gottfried Petri, composer, dies at 79 on July - 06.   

1802  On this day in history death of daniel Morgan, American Revolutionary general and politician (b. ~1735)   

1809  Death of Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775) on July - 06.   

1813  Death of Granville Sharp, British abolitionist (b. 1735) on this day in history.   

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

1835  On this day in history death of john Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1755)   

1854  On this day in history death of georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789)   

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

1860  On July - 06 alexandre Edouard Goria, composer, dies at 37   

1863  On July - 06 strong Vincent, US Union brig-general, dies   

1864  On July - 06 samuel Allen Rice, US Union brig-gen, dies of injuries at 36   

1868  On July - 06 samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71   

1871  Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34 on July - 06.   

1879  On this day in history henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65   

1893  Death of Guy de Maupassant, French author (b. 1850) on July - 06.   

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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  Pietro Reggio, composer was born on July - 06.   

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

1668  Peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist was born on this day in history.   

1678  Nicola Francesco Haym, composer was born on July - 06.   

1686  On July - 06 birth of antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)