Famous Deaths In July - 06

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

1218  On this day in history death of eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)  

1415  On July - 06 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 this day in history.  

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

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  Johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61 on July - 06.  

1583  Edmund Grindal, English bishop of London/archbhp of York, dies at 64 on July - 06.  

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1585  Death of Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (b. 1552) on July - 06.  

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 July - 06.  

1701  On July - 06 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1816  On July - 06 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  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  Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1863  On July - 06 strong Vincent, US Union brig-general, dies  

1864  On this day in history samuel Allen Rice, US Union brig-gen, dies of injuries at 36  

1868  Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1871  Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34 on July - 06.  

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

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

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

1580  Johann Stobaeus, composer was born on this day in history.  

1632  Albert Schop, composer was born on July - 06.  

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

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