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 February - 06 photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies   

1140  Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies on February - 06.   

1378  Death of Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338) on this day in history.   

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

1515  On February - 06 death of aldus Manutius, Italian printer   

1585  Death of Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) on this day in history.   

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

1612  On February - 06 christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)   

1617  On this day in history prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63   

1695  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies on this day in history.   

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

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  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  Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1798  Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1804  Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70 on February - 06.   

1807  John Reid, composer, dies at 85 on February - 06.   

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

1816  On February - 06 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 February - 06.   

1855  On February - 06 death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)   

1859  On February - 06 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 this day in history abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82   

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 February - 06.   

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

1914  On February - 06 j Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69   

1916  On February - 06 anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73   

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1461  On this day in history birth of dzore Drzic, Croatian poet   

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

1577  On this day in history birth of beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)   

1608  On February - 06 birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher   

1611  On this day in history birth of chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)   

1612  Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1637  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on this day in history.   

1639  Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.