Famous Deaths In July - 06

1189  Henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1218  Death of Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166) on this day in history.  

1415  Death of Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany on July - 06.  

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

1480  On July - 06 antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64  

1533  On July - 06 ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57  

1535  On this day in history death of thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57  

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

1568  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (b. 1552)  

1587  On this day in history death of michael Lauterbeck, assassinated Fries viceroy Willem Louis, executed  

1684  Death of Peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614) on this day in history.  

1701  On this day in history death of william Kidd, English/US buccaneer, hanged  

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

1758  On this day in history death of george Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general  

1762  On July - 06 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  Georg Gottfried Petri, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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

1809  On July - 06 death of antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775)  

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

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

1835  Death of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1755) on July - 06.  

1854  On this day in history death of georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789)  

1858  Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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

1863  Strong Vincent, US Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.  

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  Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34 on July - 06.  

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  On July - 06 birth of elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem/Juliana van Stolberg  

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 this day in history birth of peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist  

1678  Nicola Francesco Haym, composer was born on this day in history.  

1686  On July - 06 birth of antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)