Famous Deaths In June - 06

0840  On June - 06 agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies   

1134  Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51 on this day in history.   

1393  On June - 06 death of emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359)   

1480  Death of Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect on this day in history.   

1548  Death of Juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500) on this day in history.   

1563  Death of Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519) on this day in history.   

1583  Death of Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556) on this day in history.   

1671  Death of Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed on June - 06.   

1686  On this day in history joannes B van Neercassel, RC spiritual leader of Neth, dies at 60   

1710  Francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of king Louis XIV, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1730  Death of Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (b. 1646) on this day in history.   

1735  Georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71 on June - 06.   

1740  Death of Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony on this day in history.   

1747  Jean Barriere, composer, dies on June - 06.   

1784  On this day in history joan Derk van de Capellen, leader of democratic Patriots, dies at 42   

1785  On this day in history johann Michael Demmler, composer, dies at 36   

1799  Death of Patrick Henry, American revolutionary (b. 1736) on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history death of alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect   

1815  On this day in history death of samuel Whitbread, English Politician   

1816  Christiane Vulpius, wife of Johann W von Goethe, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1832  Death of Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b. 1748) on June - 06.   

1836  Antons Klemens Theodor, king of Saksen (1827-36), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1840  Death of Marcellin Champagnat, French priest (b. 1789) on this day in history.   

1843  On June - 06 death of friedrich Hölderlin, German poet and dramatist (b. 1770)   

1852  On this day in history tommaso Marchesi, composer, dies at 79   

1861  Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1862  Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33 on June - 06.   

1877  On June - 06 prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca & chief Standing Bear, dies   

1878  On June - 06 gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70   

1881  On this day in history henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61   

1883  Ciprian Porumbescu, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history death of john A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)   

1898  On June - 06 constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62   

1914  On this day in history walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin), dies   

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1236  Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283) was born on this day in history.   

1436  On June - 06 birth of regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables   

1502  King John III of Portugal (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On June - 06 birth of andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603)   

1576  On June - 06 birth of giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649)   

1580  On June - 06 birth of godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667)   

1599  On June - 06 birth of diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)   

1606  Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace) was born on this day in history.