Famous Deaths In February - 06

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

0891  On February - 06 photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies  

1140  Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies on this day in history.  

1378  On this day in history death of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)  

1497  John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1515  On this day in history death of aldus Manutius, Italian printer  

1585  Death of Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) on February - 06.  

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

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1695  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies on this day in history.  

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

1725  Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1775  On February - 06 death of william Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721)  

1783  On this day in history lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67  

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  John Reid, composer, dies at 85 on February - 06.  

1812  On February - 06 carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104  

1816  On February - 06 death of maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744)  

1833  Death of Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762) on this day in history.  

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 February - 06 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  Pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1896  Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1897  On this day in history 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  Death of Alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839) on February - 06.  

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

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

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1461  Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet was born on February - 06.  

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

1611  On February - 06 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 February - 06 birth of daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)