Famous Deaths In March - 06

0766  On March - 06 chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50   

1252  On March - 06 death of saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235)   

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

1531  On March - 06 death of pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador   

1583  Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48 on March - 06.   

1615  On March - 06 pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st gov-gen (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns   

1616  On March - 06 francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)   

1627  Death of Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580) on March - 06.   

1674  Johann Paul Schor, German barok painter, dies at 58 on March - 06.   

1720  Death of Pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63 on March - 06.   

1753  Gerhardus Havingha, composer, dies at 56 on March - 06.   

1754  Henry Pelham, English premier (1745, 46-54), Gin Act, dies at about 57 on this day in history.   

1758  On March - 06 death of henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician (b. 1705)   

1764  Death of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1690) on March - 06.   

1796  Death of Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (b. 1713) on March - 06.   

1836  Death of Davy Crockett, US pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1854  On this day in history 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  On March - 06 wiktor Kazynski, composer, dies at 54   

1881  On March - 06 death of horatia Nelson, the illegitimate daughter of Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson (b. 1801)   

1888  Louisa May Alcott, US author (Old-fashioned Girl), dies at 55 on March - 06.   

1895  On this day in history death of camilla Collett, Norwegian writer and feminist (b. 1813)   

1899  On this day in history death of victoria Kaiulani, Hawaiian princess (b. 1875)   

1900  Gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65 on March - 06.   

1905  Death of John Henninger Reagan, American Confederate politician (b. 1818) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1930  On March - 06 william Milton, cricketer (S Afr Test capt in 3 Tests 1889-92), dies   

1932  John Philip Sousa, US composer (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1933  Death of Anton J Cermak, US mayor of Chicago, murdered on this day in history.   

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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  On March - 06 birth of king John II of Castile (d. 1454)   

1459  Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant was born on March - 06.   

1475  On this day in history birth of michelangelo, Italian painter (David) (d. 1564)   

1483  On March - 06 birth of francesco Guicciardini, Ital attorney/president of Romagna   

1492  Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer was born on this day in history.   

1495  On this day in history birth of luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione)