Famous Deaths In February - 06

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

0891  Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies on February - 06.  

1140  On February - 06 thurstan, archbishop of York, dies  

1378  On February - 06 death of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)  

1497  John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 on February - 06.  

1515  Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on February - 06.  

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 February - 06 prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63  

1695  On February - 06 ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies  

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  Death of William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721) on this day in history.  

1783  Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67 on February - 06.  

1785  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48 on February - 06.  

1793  On this day in history 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  Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104 on this day in history.  

1816  Death of Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744) on this day in history.  

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

1834  On February - 06 death of richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804)  

1855  Death of Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) on this day in history.  

1859  On February - 06 johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45  

1865  On this day in history john Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33  

1881  Pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68 on February - 06.  

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

1897  Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies on this day in history.  

1899  On this day in history georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67  

1910  Death of Alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839) on this day in history.  

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

1916  Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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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 February - 06.  

1577  Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599) was born on February - 06.  

1608  Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher was born on February - 06.  

1611  Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644) was born on February - 06.  

1612  On February - 06 birth of antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist  

1637  On February - 06 birth of toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan  

1639  On February - 06 birth of daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)