Famous Deaths In February - 06

0743  On this day in history hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52  

0891  Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies on February - 06.  

1140  On February - 06 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  John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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

1585  On February - 06 death of edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)  

1593  Death of Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517) on this day in history.  

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

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

1695  On this day in history ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies  

1699  On February - 06 jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies  

1725  On February - 06 johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75  

1775  Death of William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721) on February - 06.  

1783  On February - 06 lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67  

1785  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48 on February - 06.  

1793  Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1798  On this day in history niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54  

1804  On February - 06 joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70  

1807  On this day in history john Reid, composer, dies at 85  

1812  Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104 on this day in history.  

1816  Death of Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744) on this day in history.  

1833  Death of Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762) on February - 06.  

1834  Death of Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804) on this day in history.  

1855  Death of Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) on February - 06.  

1859  On this day in history johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45  

1865  John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33 on this day in history.  

1881  On February - 06 pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68  

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  On February - 06 death of alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839)  

1914  J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1916  Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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1461  On February - 06 birth of dzore Drzic, Croatian poet  

1564  Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus) was born on this day in history.  

1577  On February - 06 birth of beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)  

1608  Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher was born on February - 06.  

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

1612  On this day in history birth of antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist  

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)