Famous Deaths Happened In February - 06

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 this day in history.   

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

1378  On February - 06 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  On February - 06 death of emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517)   

1612  On February - 06 christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)   

1617  Prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1695  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies on February - 06.   

1699  On February - 06 jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies   

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

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  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1793  Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1798  On this day in history niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54   

1804  Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70 on February - 06.   

1807  John Reid, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1812  On February - 06 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  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  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 February - 06.   

1896  On February - 06 abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82   

1897  Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67   

1910  On February - 06 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 February - 06.   

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 February - 06.   

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

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