Famous Deaths In February - 06

0743  On February - 06 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 February - 06 thurstan, archbishop of York, dies  

1378  On this day in history death of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (b. 1338)  

1497  On this day in history john Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79  

1515  On February - 06 death of aldus Manutius, Italian printer  

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 February - 06.  

1612  On this day in history christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)  

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 February - 06.  

1725  On February - 06 johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75  

1775  Death of William Dowdeswell, English politician (b. 1721) on February - 06.  

1783  On February - 06 lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67  

1785  On February - 06 iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48  

1793  On this day in history carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85  

1798  Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1804  On this day in history 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  Death of Maria Ludwika Rzewuska, Polish szlachcianka (b. 1744) on February - 06.  

1833  Death of Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (b. 1762) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  On February - 06 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  Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies on February - 06.  

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  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  On February - 06 birth of dzore Drzic, Croatian poet  

1564  Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus) was born on February - 06.  

1577  Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599) was born on February - 06.  

1608  Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher was born on this day in history.  

1611  On this day in history birth of chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)  

1612  On February - 06 birth of antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist  

1637  Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan was born on February - 06.  

1639  Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691) was born on February - 06.