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  Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies on this day in history.  

1378  Death of Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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 February - 06.  

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

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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 February - 06.  

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 February - 06.  

1793  On February - 06 carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85  

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

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

1833  Death of Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762) on February - 06.  

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 this day in history.  

1865  John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33 on this day in history.  

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

1896  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  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  Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599) was born on February - 06.  

1608  On this day in history birth of antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher  

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 this day in history birth of toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan  

1639  Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.