Famous Deaths Happened In March - 06
Monday, 05 January 2026
0766 Chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50 on March - 06. 

1252 Death of Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235) on March - 06. 

1490 On March - 06 death of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458) 

1531 Death of Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador on this day in history. 

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 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 Johann Paul Schor, German barok painter, dies at 58 on this day in history. 

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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history. 

1836 On this day in history death of davy Crockett, US pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49 

1842 Death of Constanze Mozart, wife of W.A. Mozart (b. 1763) on this day in history. 

1846 Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 [NS] on this day in history. 

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

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 March - 06. 

1866 Death of William Whewell, English scientist, philosopher, and historian of science (b. 1794) on this day in history. 

1867 On this day in history 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 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 March - 06. 

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

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 Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73 on this day in history. 

1924 Meyer E van Beem, actor (Moittige Janus), dies at 85 on this day in history. 

1930 William Milton, cricketer (S Afr Test capt in 3 Tests 1889-92), dies on March - 06. 

1932 On March - 06 john Philip Sousa, US composer (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 77 

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

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