Famous Deaths In July - 06

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

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

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

1476  Regiomontanus, [Johannes Muller of Königsberg], dies on this day in history.  

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

1533  Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57 on July - 06.  

1535  Death of Thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57 on July - 06.  

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

1568  On this day in history johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61  

1583  Edmund Grindal, English bishop of London/archbhp of York, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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1585  On July - 06 death of thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (b. 1552)  

1587  Death of Michael Lauterbeck, assassinated Fries viceroy Willem Louis, executed on July - 06.  

1684  Death of Peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614) on July - 06.  

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

1813  On July - 06 death of granville Sharp, British abolitionist (b. 1735)  

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

1835  On July - 06 death of john Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1755)  

1854  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1864  Samuel Allen Rice, US Union brig-gen, dies of injuries at 36 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65  

1893  On July - 06 death of guy de Maupassant, French author (b. 1850)  

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1542  On this day in history birth of elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem/Juliana van Stolberg  

1580  On this day in history birth of johann Stobaeus, composer  

1632  Albert Schop, composer was born on this day in history.  

1632  On this day in history birth of pietro Reggio, composer  

1638  On this day in history birth of gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter  

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

1678  On July - 06 birth of nicola Francesco Haym, composer  

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