Famous Deaths In July - 06

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

1218  Death of Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166) on July - 06.  

1415  On this day in history death of jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany  

1476  On July - 06 regiomontanus, [Johannes Muller of Königsberg], dies  

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

1533  On this day in history ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57  

1535  On July - 06 death of thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57  

1553  Edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15 on July - 06.  

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

1583  On this day in history 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 July - 06.  

1684  On July - 06 death of peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614)  

1701  Death of William Kidd, English/US buccaneer, hanged on this day in history.  

1734  Nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69 on July - 06.  

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 July - 06 ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 76  

1768  On July - 06 conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer, dies at 78  

1795  On this day in history georg Gottfried Petri, composer, dies at 79  

1802  Death of Daniel Morgan, American Revolutionary general and politician (b. ~1735) on July - 06.  

1809  Death of Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775) on July - 06.  

1813  Death of Granville Sharp, British abolitionist (b. 1735) on July - 06.  

1816  Philipp Meissner, composer, dies at 67 on July - 06.  

1835  On this day in history death of john Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1755)  

1854  On July - 06 death of georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789)  

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

1860  Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer, dies at 37 on July - 06.  

1863  Strong Vincent, US Union brig-general, dies on July - 06.  

1864  Samuel Allen Rice, US Union brig-gen, dies of injuries at 36 on July - 06.  

1868  Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71 on July - 06.  

1871  Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34 on this day in history.  

1879  On July - 06 henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65  

1893  Death of Guy de Maupassant, French author (b. 1850) on this day in history.  

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

1580  Johann Stobaeus, composer was born on July - 06.  

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

1632  Pietro Reggio, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1668  On July - 06 birth of peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist  

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

1686  Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758) was born on July - 06.