Famous Deaths Happened In 1906

Jan 01 Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1906.  

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 in the year 1906.  

Jan 18 Bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84 in the year 1906.  

Jan 25 Joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jan 29 In the year 1906 christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies  

Feb 09 Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio on this day in history.  

Feb 10 Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827) died on this day in history.  

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

Feb 18 Willem Doorenbos, literary/critic, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Feb 23 On this day in history death of johann Hoch, US murderer, executed  

Feb 25 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer/conductor c t, dies at 44 in the year 1906.  

Feb 26 Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1906.  

Mar 01 José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (b. 1833) died on this day in history.  

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 Eugen Richter, German MP (Liberal), dies at 67 in the year 1906.  

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

Mar 15 Alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81 in the year 1906.  

Mar 17 Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Mar 22 On this day in history martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59  

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

Mar 29 Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878) died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1906.  

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 19 In the year 1906 pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies  

Apr 20 Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 on this day in history.  

Apr 25 In the year 1906 john Knowles Paine, US composer, dies at 67  

May 14 Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829) died on this day in history.  

May 23 On this day in history henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78  

May 30 William Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30 in the year 1906.  

May 31 Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01 Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974) was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 03 Roman Brandstaetter, writer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 In the year 1906 birth of kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho  

Jan 06 Benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06 Jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 08 Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP) was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 08 Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist was born in the year 1906.