Famous Deaths Happened In February - 06

0743  On February - 06 hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52   

0891  On February - 06 photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1515  On February - 06 death of aldus Manutius, Italian printer   

1585  On February - 06 death of edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)   

1593  Death of Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517) on this day in history.   

1612  Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.   

1617  Prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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  Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1783  On February - 06 lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67   

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

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

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

1804  Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

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

1859  On this day in history johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45   

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

1881  On February - 06 pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68   

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

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  On February - 06 j Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69   

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

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

1564  Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus) was born on February - 06.   

1577  On this day in history birth of beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)   

1608  On February - 06 birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher   

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

1612  Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist was born on February - 06.   

1637  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on this day in history.   

1639  Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691) was born on February - 06.