Famous Deaths In February - 06

0743  Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52 on this day in history.  

0891  On this day in history photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies  

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

1378  Death of Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338) on February - 06.  

1497  John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 on February - 06.  

1515  Death of Aldus Manutius, Italian printer on this day in history.  

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

1593  On this day in history death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)  

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

1617  Prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63 on February - 06.  

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1695  On this day in history 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 February - 06.  

1785  On this day in history 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 this day in history niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54  

1804  On this day in history joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70  

1807  On this day in history john Reid, composer, dies at 85  

1812  On this day in history carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104  

1816  Death of Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744) on February - 06.  

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

1834  Death of Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804) on February - 06.  

1855  On this day in history death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)  

1859  Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 on February - 06.  

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

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

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  On this day in history j Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69  

1916  On this day in history anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73  

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1461  Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet was born on this day in history.  

1564  Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus) was born on this day in history.  

1577  On February - 06 birth of beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)  

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

1611  On February - 06 birth of chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)  

1612  Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist was born on this day in history.  

1637  On February - 06 birth of toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan  

1639  On this day in history birth of daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)