Famous Deaths In June - 06

0840  Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies on this day in history.  

1134  Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51 on this day in history.  

1393  Death of Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359) on this day in history.  

1480  On this day in history death of vecchietta, Italian artist and architect  

1548  On this day in history death of juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500)  

1563  Death of Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519) on June - 06.  

1583  On June - 06 death of nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556)  

1671  On June - 06 death of stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed  

1686  Joannes B van Neercassel, RC spiritual leader of Neth, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1710  Francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of king Louis XIV, dies at 65 on June - 06.  

1730  Death of Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (b. 1646) on this day in history.  

1735  Georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71 on June - 06.  

1740  On June - 06 death of alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony  

1747  Jean Barriere, composer, dies on June - 06.  

1784  On this day in history joan Derk van de Capellen, leader of democratic Patriots, dies at 42  

1785  On this day in history johann Michael Demmler, composer, dies at 36  

1799  Death of Patrick Henry, American revolutionary (b. 1736) on June - 06.  

1813  Death of Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect on this day in history.  

1815  Death of Samuel Whitbread, English Politician on June - 06.  

1816  Christiane Vulpius, wife of Johann W von Goethe, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1832  Death of Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b. 1748) on June - 06.  

1836  Antons Klemens Theodor, king of Saksen (1827-36), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1840  Death of Marcellin Champagnat, French priest (b. 1789) on this day in history.  

1843  Death of Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet and dramatist (b. 1770) on June - 06.  

1852  Tommaso Marchesi, composer, dies at 79 on June - 06.  

1861  Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, dies at 59 on June - 06.  

1862  Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33 on June - 06.  

1877  On June - 06 prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca & chief Standing Bear, dies  

1878  Gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1881  Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1883  Ciprian Porumbescu, composer, dies at 29 on June - 06.  

1891  On this day in history death of john A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)  

1898  On this day in history constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62  

1914  On this day in history walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin), dies  

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1236  Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283) was born on June - 06.  

1436  On this day in history birth of regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables  

1502  King John III of Portugal (d. 1557) was born on June - 06.  

1519  On this day in history birth of andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603)  

1576  Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649) was born on June - 06.  

1580  Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.  

1599  Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660) was born on June - 06.  

1606  On this day in history birth of pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)