Famous Deaths Happened In February - 06

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

0891  Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1140  On February - 06 thurstan, archbishop of York, dies   

1378  On February - 06 death of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)   

1497  On this day in history john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79   

1515  Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on this day in history.   

1585  On this day in history death of edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)   

1593  On February - 06 death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)   

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

1617  On this day in history prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63   

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  On February - 06 death of william Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721)   

1783  Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48   

1793  On February - 06 carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85   

1798  Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54 on February - 06.   

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 February - 06.   

1833  On February - 06 death of pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762)   

1834  On this day in history death of richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804)   

1855  On February - 06 death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)   

1859  Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on February - 06.   

1865  John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33 on February - 06.   

1881  On this day in history pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68   

1896  Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82 on February - 06.   

1897  On February - 06 ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies   

1899  Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history death of alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839)   

1914  On February - 06 j Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69   

1916  On February - 06 anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73   

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1461  On this day in history birth of dzore Drzic, Croatian poet   

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

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

1608  On February - 06 birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher   

1611  On this day in history birth of chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)   

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

1637  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on this day in history.   

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