Famous Deaths Happened In 1906

Jan 01 Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

Jan 13 In the year 1906 death of alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)  

Jan 16 Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834) died on this day in history.  

Jan 18 Bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Jan 25 On this day in history joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70  

Jan 29 Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies in the year 1906.  

Feb 09 On this day in history paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio  

Feb 10 In the year 1906 death of ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827)  

Feb 13 Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866) died in the year 1906.  

Feb 18 On this day in history willem Doorenbos, literary/critic, dies at 85  

Feb 23 In the year 1906 death of johann Hoch, US murderer, executed  

Feb 25 On this day in history anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer/conductor c t, dies at 44  

Feb 26 In the year 1906 manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer, dies at 70  

Mar 01 In the year 1906 death of josé María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (b. 1833)  

Mar 04 In the year 1906 death of john McAllister Schofield, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. 1831)  

Mar 10 In the year 1906 eugen Richter, German MP (Liberal), dies at 67  

Mar 13 Susan B[rownell] Anthony, American suffragist, dies at 85 in the year 1906.  

Mar 15 On this day in history alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81  

Mar 17 Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82 in the year 1906.  

Mar 22 Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Mar 23 On this day in history victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies  

Mar 29 On this day in history death of slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)  

Mar 30 Betsy Perk, [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Apr 06 Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Apr 08 Auguste D, First recorded Alzheimer's victim (b. 1950) died on this day in history.  

Apr 11 Georgi Apollonovitch Gapon, Rus-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 18 Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846) died in the year 1906.  

Apr 19 Pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies on this day in history.  

Apr 20 In the year 1906 australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26  

Apr 25 John Knowles Paine, US composer, dies at 67 in the year 1906.  

May 14 In the year 1906 death of carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)  

May 23 Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

May 30 William Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.  

May 31 In the year 1906 hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56  

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Jan 01 In the year 1906 birth of frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932)  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of roman Brandstaetter, writer  

Jan 05 Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)  

Jan 06 In the year 1906 birth of jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor  

Jan 08 In the year 1906 birth of jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)  

Jan 08 In the year 1906 birth of serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist