Famous Deaths Happened In February - 06

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  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 February - 06.   

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  Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) on February - 06.   

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

1695  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies on this day in history.   

1699  Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies on February - 06.   

1725  Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1798  Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54 on February - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1816  Death of Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744) on this day in history.   

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

1834  Death of Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804) on this day in history.   

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 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  Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1910  On February - 06 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 this day in history.   

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1461  Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet was born on February - 06.   

1564  On February - 06 birth of christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)   

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

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  On this day in history birth of antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist   

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)