Famous Deaths In February - 06

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

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

1140  On this day in history thurstan, archbishop of York, dies  

1378  Death of Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338) on February - 06.  

1497  On February - 06 john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79  

1515  Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on this day in history.  

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

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  Prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63 on February - 06.  

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

1699  On this day in history jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies  

1725  On February - 06 johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75  

1775  On February - 06 death of william Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721)  

1783  On this day in history lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67  

1785  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1793  On this day in history carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85  

1798  On February - 06 niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54  

1804  Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70 on February - 06.  

1807  John Reid, composer, dies at 85 on February - 06.  

1812  On this day in history carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104  

1816  On February - 06 death of maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744)  

1833  On this day in history death of pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762)  

1834  Death of Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804) on February - 06.  

1855  On this day in history death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)  

1859  Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on February - 06.  

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 February - 06.  

1914  J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69 on February - 06.  

1916  Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73 on February - 06.  

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1461  Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet was born on this day in history.  

1564  On this day in history birth of christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)  

1577  On February - 06 birth of beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)  

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  Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist was born on February - 06.  

1637  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on February - 06.  

1639  On this day in history birth of daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)