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  On February - 06 thurstan, archbishop of York, dies   

1378  On February - 06 death of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)   

1497  On this day in history john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79   

1515  On this day in history death of aldus Manutius, Italian printer   

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 this day in history.   

1617  On February - 06 prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63   

1695  On this day in history ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies   

1699  Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies on this day in history.   

1725  On this day in history johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75   

1775  Death of William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721) on this day in history.   

1783  On February - 06 lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67   

1785  On this day in history 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 February - 06 niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54   

1804  On this day in history joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70   

1807  On this day in history john Reid, composer, dies at 85   

1812  Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104 on this day in history.   

1816  Death of Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744) on February - 06.   

1833  Death of Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762) on February - 06.   

1834  On this day in history death of richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804)   

1855  Death of Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) on this day in history.   

1859  Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on February - 06.   

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

1881  On February - 06 pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68   

1896  Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82 on February - 06.   

1897  Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies on February - 06.   

1899  Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1910  Death of Alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839) on February - 06.   

1914  J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69 on February - 06.   

1916  Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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1461  Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet was born on this day in history.   

1564  Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus) was born on February - 06.   

1577  Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599) was born on February - 06.   

1608  Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher was born on this day in history.   

1611  Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644) was born on February - 06.   

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

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.