Famous Deaths In February - 06
Friday, 25 October 2024
0743 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on February - 06.
1585 On February - 06 death of edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518)
1593 On February - 06 death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)
1612 Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.
1617 On this day in history prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63
1695 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
1798 Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54 on February - 06.
1804 Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70 on February - 06.
1807 On this day in history john Reid, composer, dies at 85
1812 Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104 on February - 06.
1816 Death of Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744) on February - 06.
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 On February - 06 death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)
1859 On February - 06 johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45
1865 John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33 on this day in history.
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 On February - 06 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 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 On this day in history anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73
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