Famous Deaths In January - 06

0664  Death of Amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583) on January - 06.   

1088  Berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies on January - 06.   

1275  Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1374  On January - 06 andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies   

1425  On this day in history jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies   

1448  Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on January - 06.   

1481  Death of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history johan Casimir, palsgrave at the Rhine, dies   

1616  Death of Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550) on January - 06.   

1646  On January - 06 elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies at 72   

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

1689  Death of Seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617) on this day in history.   

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

1694  Francesco Morosini, Italian army general, dies on January - 06.   

1697  On January - 06 carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56   

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

1718  On this day in history death of richard Hoare, English goldsmith and banker (b. 1648)   

1725  Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71 on this day in history.   

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

1734  Death of John Dennis, English dramatist whose thunder was stolen (b. 1657) on January - 06.   

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  Haym Salomon, dies in Phila at 44, helped finance the revolution on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history johann Trier, composer, dies at 73   

1799  W G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25 on January - 06.   

1800  William Jones, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)   

1852  Death of Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809) on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history death of giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)   

1882  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1367  On this day in history birth of richard II of England (d. 1400)   

1367  On January - 06 birth of richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400)   

1412  Joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1486  Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor was born on January - 06.   

1488  On this day in history birth of helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae)