Famous Deaths In January - 06

0664  Death of Amr ibn al-A'as, Arab general (bc. 583) on this day in history.  

1088  On this day in history berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies  

1275  On this day in history raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies  

1374  On January - 06 andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies  

1425  Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies on January - 06.  

1448  Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on January - 06.  

1481  On this day in history death of akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde  

1536  On this day in history baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies  

1541  On this day in history bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52  

1592  Johan Casimir, palsgrave at the Rhine, dies on this day in history.  

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1616  Death of Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550) on January - 06.  

1646  Elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1685  On this day in history malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68  

1689  On this day in history death of seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)  

1693  On January - 06 mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey), dies at 51  

1694  On January - 06 francesco Morosini, Italian army general, dies  

1697  Carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56 on January - 06.  

1702  On this day in history thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [NS=Jan 17]  

1718  Death of Richard Hoare, English goldsmith and banker (b. 1648) on this day in history.  

1725  Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Jap playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71 on January - 06.  

1731  Death of Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (b. 1672) on this day in history.  

1734  On this day in history death of john Dennis, English dramatist whose thunder was stolen (b. 1657)  

1738  Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1742  Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies on January - 06.  

1785  Haym Salomon, dies in Phila at 44, helped finance the revolution on January - 06.  

1790  On January - 06 johann Trier, composer, dies at 73  

1799  W G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25 on January - 06.  

1800  On January - 06 william Jones, composer, dies at 73  

1813  Death of Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (b. 1764) on January - 06.  

1831  Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1840  Death of Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752) on January - 06.  

1852  Death of Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809) on January - 06.  

1855  On this day in history death of giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)  

1882  On January - 06 death of richard Henry Dana, U.S. novelist (Two Years Before the Mast) (b. 1815)  

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1367  Richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99) was born on January - 06.  

1367  On January - 06 birth of richard II of England (d. 1400)  

1367  Richard II, Bordeaux, France, King of England (1377-99) (d. 1400) was born on January - 06.  

1412  Joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr was born on this day in history.  

1412  On January - 06 birth of joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)  

1412  On this day in history birth of joan of Arc, Domrémy, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)  

1486  Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor was born on January - 06.  

1488  On January - 06 birth of helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae)