Famous Deaths In January - 06

0664  Death of Amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583) on this day in history.  

1088  On this day in history berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies  

1275  On January - 06 raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies  

1374  Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies on this day in history.  

1425  Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies on this day in history.  

1448  On January - 06 christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies  

1481  Death of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde on January - 06.  

1536  Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies on this day in history.  

1541  Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52 on January - 06.  

1592  Johan Casimir, palsgrave at the Rhine, dies on January - 06.  

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1616  Death of Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550) on this day in history.  

1646  Elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies at 72 on January - 06.  

1685  On this day in history malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68  

1689  On January - 06 death of seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)  

1693  Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1694  On this day in history francesco Morosini, Italian army general, dies  

1697  Carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56 on January - 06.  

1702  Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [NS=Jan 17] on January - 06.  

1718  On January - 06 death of richard Hoare, English goldsmith and banker (b. 1648)  

1725  On this day in history chikamatsu Monzaemon, Jap playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71  

1731  Death of Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (b. 1672) on this day in history.  

1734  On this day in history death of john Dennis, English dramatist whose thunder was stolen (b. 1657)  

1738  On this day in history franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74  

1742  Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1785  On January - 06 haym Salomon, dies in Phila at 44, helped finance the revolution  

1790  On January - 06 johann Trier, composer, dies at 73  

1799  W G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25 on this day in history.  

1800  William Jones, composer, dies at 73 on January - 06.  

1813  On January - 06 death of louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (b. 1764)  

1831  Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1840  Death of Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752) on January - 06.  

1852  Death of Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809) on January - 06.  

1855  Death of Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779) on this day in history.  

1882  On January - 06 death of richard Henry Dana, U.S. novelist (Two Years Before the Mast) (b. 1815)  

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1367  Richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99) was born on January - 06.  

1367  Richard II of England (d. 1400) was born on January - 06.  

1367  Richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400) was born on January - 06.  

1412  On this day in history birth of joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr  

1412  Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) was born on this day in history.  

1412  On this day in history birth of joan of Arc, Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)  

1486  Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor was born on this day in history.  

1488  Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae) was born on January - 06.