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Famous Birthdays In February - 06

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

1461 Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet was born on this day in history.

1564 On this day in history birth of christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)

1577 Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599) was born on this day in history.

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

1611 Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.

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

1637 On this day in history birth of toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan

1639 On this day in history birth of daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)

1665 Anne Stuart, Queen of England (1702-14) was born on this day in history.

1673 Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, composer was born on this day in history.

1695 Andre Cheron, composer was born on this day in history.

1695 On this day in history birth of nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)

1705 On this day in history birth of johann Matthias Leffloth, composer

1732 On this day in history birth of charles Lee, General in the American Revolution (d. 1782)

1744 On this day in history birth of pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795)

1748 Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (d. 1811) was born on this day in history.

1753 Evariste Desire Desforges chevalier de Parny, French poet was born on this day in history.

1756 On this day in history birth of aaron Burr, Newark NJ, (D-R), 3rd US VP (1801-05), dueler

1757 On this day in history birth of julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Polish scholar and statesman. (d. 1841)

1778 Ugo Foscolo, Italy, poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis) was born on this day in history.

1793 On this day in history birth of pietro Rovelli, composer

1797 On this day in history birth of joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs

1802 On this day in history birth of charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7]

1804 Ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler was born on this day in history.

1807 Hans Matthison-Hansen, composer was born on this day in history.

1811 On this day in history birth of henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898)

1818 William Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901 was born on this day in history.

1830 On this day in history birth of marcellus Monroe Crocker, Brig gen (Union volunteers), died in 1865)

1832 John Brown Gordon, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1904 was born on this day in history.

1833 On this day in history birth of james Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart, Major General (Confederate Army)

1833 On this day in history birth of josé María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (d. 1906)

1834 On this day in history birth of william Dorsey Pender, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863

1834 On this day in history birth of ema Puksec, Croatian singer (d. 1889)

1838 Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet) was born on this day in history.

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Famous Deaths In February - 06

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1140 On this day in history thurstan, archbishop of York, dies

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 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 this day in history christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)

1617 Prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63 on this day in history.