Famous Deaths In February - 06

0743  On February - 06 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 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 this day in history.  

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 February - 06.  

1612  On February - 06 christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)  

1617  On this day in history prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63  

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1695  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies on February - 06.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1793  Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1798  On this day in history niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54  

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

1807  On February - 06 john Reid, composer, dies at 85  

1812  Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104 on February - 06.  

1816  On February - 06 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  On February - 06 johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45  

1865  John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33 on February - 06.  

1881  On this day in history pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68  

1896  Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82 on February - 06.  

1897  On this day in history ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies  

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

1910  On this day in history 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  Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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1461  On this day in history 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 February - 06.  

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  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)