Famous Deaths Happened In March - 06

0766  Chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

1252  On this day in history death of saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235)   

1490  Death of Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458) on March - 06.   

1531  Death of Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador on March - 06.   

1583  On March - 06 zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48   

1615  On March - 06 pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st gov-gen (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns   

1616  On March - 06 francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)   

1627  On March - 06 death of krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580)   

1674  Johann Paul Schor, German barok painter, dies at 58 on March - 06.   

1720  Death of Pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63 on March - 06.   

1753  On this day in history gerhardus Havingha, composer, dies at 56   

1754  Henry Pelham, English premier (1745, 46-54), Gin Act, dies at about 57 on this day in history.   

1758  Death of Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician (b. 1705) on this day in history.   

1764  Death of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1690) on March - 06.   

1796  Death of Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (b. 1713) on March - 06.   

1836  On this day in history death of davy Crockett, US pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49   

1842  On this day in history death of constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763)   

1846  Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 [NS] on this day in history.   

1851  Alexander Aliabiev, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1854  On March - 06 caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80   

1860  On this day in history death of justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (b. 1783)   

1866  On this day in history death of william Whewell, English scientist, philosopher, and historian of science (b. 1794)   

1867  Wiktor Kazynski, composer, dies at 54 on March - 06.   

1881  Death of Horatia Nelson, the illegitimate daughter of Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson (b. 1801) on March - 06.   

1888  On this day in history louisa May Alcott, US author (Old-fashioned Girl), dies at 55   

1895  On this day in history death of camilla Collett, Norwegian writer and feminist (b. 1813)   

1899  On March - 06 death of victoria Kaiulani, Hawaiian princess (b. 1875)   

1900  On March - 06 gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65   

1905  Death of John Henninger Reagan, American Confederate politician (b. 1818) on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73   

1924  Meyer E van Beem, actor (Moittige Janus), dies at 85 on March - 06.   

1930  On March - 06 william Milton, cricketer (S Afr Test capt in 3 Tests 1889-92), dies   

1932  John Philip Sousa, US composer (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 77 on March - 06.   

1933  Death of Anton J Cermak, US mayor of Chicago, murdered on this day in history.   

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1340  On this day in history birth of john of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)   

1405  On this day in history birth of johan II, King of Castille   

1405  King John II of Castile (d. 1454) was born on this day in history.   

1459  Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant was born on March - 06.   

1475  On March - 06 birth of michelangelo, Italian painter (David) (d. 1564)   

1483  On March - 06 birth of francesco Guicciardini, Ital attorney/president of Romagna   

1492  On March - 06 birth of jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer   

1495  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione) was born on this day in history.