Famous Deaths In February - 06

0743  Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52 on February - 06.  

0891  Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies on this day in history.  

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

1378  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history.  

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

1699  Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies on this day in history.  

1725  Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75 on February - 06.  

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 this day in history.  

1785  On February - 06 iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48  

1793  Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85 on February - 06.  

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

1804  On February - 06 joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70  

1807  John Reid, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1812  On February - 06 carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104  

1816  On this day in history death of maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744)  

1833  On February - 06 death of pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762)  

1834  On this day in history 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  Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on February - 06.  

1865  On February - 06 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  On February - 06 abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82  

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

1899  On February - 06 georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67  

1910  On February - 06 death of alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839)  

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

1916  On February - 06 anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73  

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

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

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  Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist was born on this day in history.  

1637  On this day in history birth of toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan  

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