Famous Deaths In January - 06

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

1088  Berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies on this day in history.  

1275  On January - 06 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 this day in history.  

1481  Death of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde on January - 06.  

1536  Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies on January - 06.  

1541  Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52 on this day in history.  

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

1616  On January - 06 death of philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550)  

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

1685  Malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1689  On January - 06 death of seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)  

1693  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1718  Death of Richard Hoare, English goldsmith and banker (b. 1648) on January - 06.  

1725  On this day in history chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71  

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

1734  On January - 06 death of john Dennis, English dramatist whose thunder was stolen (b. 1657)  

1738  On January - 06 franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74  

1742  On January - 06 johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies  

1785  Haym Salomon, dies in Phila at 44, helped finance the revolution on this day in history.  

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  William Jones, composer, dies at 73 on January - 06.  

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 January - 06.  

1840  On this day in history death of fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (b. 1752)  

1852  On January - 06 death of louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (b. 1809)  

1855  Death of Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779) on this day in history.  

1882  Death of Richard Henry Dana, U.S. novelist (Two Years Before the Mast) (b. 1815) on this day in history.  

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1367  On January - 06 birth of richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99)  

1367  Richard II of England (d. 1400) was born on January - 06.  

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 January - 06.  

1412  Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) was born on January - 06.  

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 this day in history.  

1488  Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae) was born on this day in history.