Famous Deaths Happened In February - 06

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

0891  On this day in history photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies   

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  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 February - 06 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  On February - 06 ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies   

1699  On February - 06 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  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 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  On this day in history john Reid, composer, dies at 85   

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

1816  On this day in history death of maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744)   

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

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 February - 06.   

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

1865  On this day in history john Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33   

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

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

1897  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839)   

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  On this day in history birth of dzore Drzic, Croatian poet   

1564  On February - 06 birth of christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)   

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

1608  On this day in history birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher   

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  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on February - 06.   

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