Famous Deaths Happened In April - 06
Thursday, 12 February 2026
0885 Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies on April - 06. 

0912 Nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71 on this day in history. 

1147 On this day in history death of frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090) 

1199 Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41 on this day in history. 

1252 Peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45 on April - 06. 

1348 On this day in history petrarch's Laura, dies of plague 

1362 On this day in history death of jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle 

1472 On this day in history pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies 

1489 Death of Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded on this day in history. 

1490 On this day in history matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, dies 

1520 On April - 06 raphael [Sanzio], artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 37th birthday 

1528 On April - 06 albrecht Durer, German painter/graphic artist, dies in Germany at 56 

1551 On this day in history joachim Vadianus, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66 

1571 On this day in history death of john Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician 

1590 Francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies at about 57 on this day in history. 

1593 Death of Henry Barrow, English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged on this day in history. 

1605 John Stow, British historian, dies on this day in history. 

1655 On this day in history death of david Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591) 

1686 Death of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (b. 1614) on this day in history. 

1707 On April - 06 willem Van de Velde, the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies a 73 

1755 On April - 06 death of richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690) 

1779 Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52 on April - 06. 

1782 On April - 06 rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer, dies at 90 

1805 On this day in history lorenz Justinian Ott, composer, dies at 56 

1817 Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history. 

1822 On April - 06 franz Xaver Partsch, composer, dies at 62 

1825 Death of Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (b. 1757) on April - 06. 

1829 On April - 06 niels H Able, Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26 

1833 On this day in history death of adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (b. 1748) 

1838 On this day in history jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74 

1854 William Strickland, US architect, dies on April - 06. 

1862 Adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 51 on this day in history. 

1865 John Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36 on this day in history. 

1883 On this day in history death of benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician (b. 1801) 

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