Famous Birthdays In February - 06

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

1564  Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus) was born on February - 06.  

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 February - 06.  

1639  Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.  

1665  On February - 06 birth of anne Stuart, Queen of England (1702-14)  

1673  Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, composer was born on this day in history.  

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1695  Andre Cheron, composer was born on this day in history.  

1695  Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726) was born on this day in history.  

1705  On this day in history birth of johann Matthias Leffloth, composer  

1732  On February - 06 birth of charles Lee, General in the American Revolution (d. 1782)  

1744  On this day in history birth of pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795)  

1748  Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (d. 1811) was born on this day in history.  

1753  Evariste Desire Desforges chevalier de Parny, French poet was born on this day in history.  

1756  Aaron Burr, Newark NJ, (D-R), 3rd US VP (1801-05), dueler was born on February - 06.  

1757  Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Polish scholar and statesman. (d. 1841) was born on February - 06.  

1778  Ugo Foscolo, Italy, poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis) was born on February - 06.  

1793  Pietro Rovelli, composer was born on this day in history.  

1797  Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs was born on this day in history.  

1802  Charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7] was born on February - 06.  

1804  On this day in history birth of ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler  

1807  Hans Matthison-Hansen, composer was born on February - 06.  

1811  Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898) was born on this day in history.  

1818  On this day in history birth of william Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901  

1830  On this day in history birth of marcellus Monroe Crocker, Brig gen (Union volunteers), died in 1865)  

1832  John Brown Gordon, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1904 was born on this day in history.  

1833  On this day in history birth of james Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart, Major General (Confederate Army)  

1833  On this day in history birth of josé María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (d. 1906)  

1834  William Dorsey Pender, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.  

1834  Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.  

1838  On February - 06 birth of henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)  

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

0891  On this day in history photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies  

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

1378  Death of Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338) on this day in history.  

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

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

1585  Death of Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) on this day in history.  

1593  On this day in history death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)