Famous Deaths In February - 06
Saturday, 09 December 2023
0743 Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52 on February - 06.
0891 Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies on February - 06.
1140 Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies on February - 06.
1378 Death of Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338) on this day in history.
1497 On this day in history 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 On this day in history death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)
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 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 On this day in history death of william Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721)
1783 On February - 06 lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67
1785 On this day in history iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48
1793 On February - 06 carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85
1798 Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.
1804 On February - 06 joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70
1807 On this day in history john Reid, composer, dies at 85
1812 On February - 06 carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104
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 Death of Richard Lemon Lander, British explorer (b. 1804) on February - 06.
1855 Death of Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) on February - 06.
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 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 this day in history.
1897 Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies on this day in history.
1899 Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1910 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1916 On February - 06 anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73
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