Famous Deaths In July - 06

1189  Henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies at 56 on July - 06.  

1218  On July - 06 death of eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)  

1415  Death of Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany on this day in history.  

1476  On this day in history regiomontanus, [Johannes Muller of Königsberg], dies  

1480  Antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64 on July - 06.  

1533  Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1535  Death of Thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57 on this day in history.  

1553  On this day in history edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15  

1568  On July - 06 johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61  

1583  On July - 06 edmund Grindal, English bishop of London/archbhp of York, dies at 64  

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1585  Death of Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (b. 1552) on this day in history.  

1587  Death of Michael Lauterbeck, assassinated Fries viceroy Willem Louis, executed on this day in history.  

1684  On this day in history death of peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614)  

1701  Death of William Kidd, English/US buccaneer, hanged on July - 06.  

1734  Nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1758  On July - 06 death of george Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general  

1762  On this day in history death of peter III Feodorovich, tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34  

1765  On this day in history ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 76  

1768  Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer, dies at 78 on July - 06.  

1795  Georg Gottfried Petri, composer, dies at 79 on July - 06.  

1802  Death of Daniel Morgan, American Revolutionary general and politician (b. ~1735) on this day in history.  

1809  On this day in history death of antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775)  

1813  Death of Granville Sharp, British abolitionist (b. 1735) on this day in history.  

1816  On this day in history philipp Meissner, composer, dies at 67  

1835  Death of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1755) on this day in history.  

1854  Death of Georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789) on this day in history.  

1858  On July - 06 jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer, dies at 78  

1860  On July - 06 alexandre Edouard Goria, composer, dies at 37  

1863  On this day in history strong Vincent, US Union brig-general, dies  

1864  On July - 06 samuel Allen Rice, US Union brig-gen, dies of injuries at 36  

1868  On this day in history samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71  

1871  On this day in history antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34  

1879  Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65 on July - 06.  

1893  Death of Guy de Maupassant, French author (b. 1850) on July - 06.  

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1542  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem/Juliana van Stolberg was born on July - 06.  

1580  On July - 06 birth of johann Stobaeus, composer  

1632  On this day in history birth of albert Schop, composer  

1632  Pietro Reggio, composer was born on July - 06.  

1638  On July - 06 birth of gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter  

1668  Peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist was born on July - 06.  

1678  Nicola Francesco Haym, composer was born on July - 06.  

1686  On this day in history birth of antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)