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 July - 06.  

1415  On July - 06 death of jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany  

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

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

1568  Johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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 July - 06.  

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

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

1701  On July - 06 death of william Kidd, English/US buccaneer, hanged  

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 this day in history conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer, dies at 78  

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 this day in history.  

1813  On this day in history death of granville Sharp, British abolitionist (b. 1735)  

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

1835  On this day in history 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  Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1860  On this day in history alexandre Edouard Goria, composer, dies at 37  

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 this day in history.  

1871  On July - 06 antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34  

1879  Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of pietro Reggio, composer  

1638  Gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.  

1668  On this day in history birth of peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist  

1678  On this day in history birth of nicola Francesco Haym, composer  

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