Famous Deaths In March - 06

0766  Chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50 on this day in history.  

1252  Death of Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235) on this day in history.  

1490  Death of Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458) on this day in history.  

1531  Death of Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador on March - 06.  

1583  On this day in history zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48  

1615  Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st gov-gen (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns on this day in history.  

1616  On this day in history francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)  

1627  On March - 06 death of krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580)  

1674  On March - 06 johann Paul Schor, German barok painter, dies at 58  

1720  On March - 06 death of pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63  

1753  On this day in history gerhardus Havingha, composer, dies at 56  

1754  On March - 06 henry Pelham, English premier (1745, 46-54), Gin Act, dies at about 57  

1758  On this day in history death of henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician (b. 1705)  

1764  On this day in history death of philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1690)  

1796  On March - 06 death of guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (b. 1713)  

1836  Death of Davy Crockett, US pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49 on March - 06.  

1842  On this day in history death of constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763)  

1846  Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 [NS] on March - 06.  

1851  Alexander Aliabiev, composer, dies at 63 on March - 06.  

1854  On March - 06 caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80  

1860  Death of Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (b. 1783) on this day in history.  

1866  Death of William Whewell, English scientist, philosopher, and historian of science (b. 1794) on March - 06.  

1867  Wiktor Kazynski, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1881  Death of Horatia Nelson, the illegitimate daughter of Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson (b. 1801) on this day in history.  

1888  On this day in history louisa May Alcott, US author (Old-fashioned Girl), dies at 55  

1895  Death of Camilla Collett, Norwegian writer and feminist (b. 1813) on this day in history.  

1899  Death of Victoria Kaiulani, Hawaiian princess (b. 1875) on March - 06.  

1900  On this day in history gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65  

1905  On this day in history death of john Henninger Reagan, American Confederate politician (b. 1818)  

1917  On this day in history jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73  

1924  Meyer E van Beem, actor (Moittige Janus), dies at 85 on March - 06.  

1930  William Milton, cricketer (S Afr Test capt in 3 Tests 1889-92), dies on this day in history.  

1932  John Philip Sousa, US composer (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 77 on March - 06.  

1933  On March - 06 death of anton J Cermak, US mayor of Chicago, murdered  

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1340  John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399) was born on March - 06.  

1405  On March - 06 birth of johan II, King of Castille  

1405  King John II of Castile (d. 1454) was born on this day in history.  

1459  Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant was born on this day in history.  

1475  Michelangelo, Italian painter (David) (d. 1564) was born on March - 06.  

1483  On this day in history birth of francesco Guicciardini, Ital attorney/president of Romagna  

1492  On this day in history birth of jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer  

1495  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione) was born on March - 06.