Famous Deaths In March - 06

0766  On this day in history chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50  

1252  On this day in history 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  On this day in history zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48  

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

1616  Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown) on March - 06.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history death of guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (b. 1713)  

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  On March - 06 nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 [NS]  

1851  On March - 06 alexander Aliabiev, composer, dies at 63  

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 March - 06.  

1881  On this day in history death of horatia Nelson, the illegitimate daughter of Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson (b. 1801)  

1888  On March - 06 louisa May Alcott, US author (Old-fashioned Girl), dies at 55  

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

1899  Death of Victoria Kaiulani, Hawaiian princess (b. 1875) on this day in history.  

1900  On March - 06 gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65  

1905  On March - 06 death of john Henninger Reagan, American Confederate politician (b. 1818)  

1917  Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73 on March - 06.  

1924  On March - 06 meyer E van Beem, actor (Moittige Janus), dies at 85  

1930  On this day in history 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  On March - 06 death of anton J Cermak, US mayor of Chicago, murdered  

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1340  On this day in history birth of john of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399)  

1405  Johan II, King of Castille was born on this day in history.  

1405  King John II of Castile (d. 1454) was born on March - 06.  

1459  On March - 06 birth of jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant  

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

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 this day in history.