Famous Deaths Happened In 1906

Jan 01 On this day in history joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51  

Jan 13 In the year 1906 death of alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)  

Jan 16 Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834) died on this day in history.  

Jan 18 On this day in history bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84  

Jan 25 Joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jan 29 Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 09 Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio on this day in history.  

Feb 10 In the year 1906 death of ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827)  

Feb 13 On this day in history death of albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866)  

Feb 18 Willem Doorenbos, literary/critic, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Feb 23 Johann Hoch, US murderer, executed died on this day in history.  

Feb 25 On this day in history anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer/conductor c t, dies at 44  

Feb 26 Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1906.  

Mar 01 In the year 1906 death of josé María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (b. 1833)  

Mar 04 On this day in history death of john McAllister Schofield, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. 1831)  

Mar 10 Eugen Richter, German MP (Liberal), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Mar 13 Susan B[rownell] Anthony, American suffragist, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Mar 15 Alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81 in the year 1906.  

Mar 17 In the year 1906 carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82  

Mar 22 Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59 in the year 1906.  

Mar 23 Victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies on this day in history.  

Mar 29 On this day in history death of slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)  

Mar 30 Betsy Perk, [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Apr 06 On this day in history alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57  

Apr 08 Auguste D, First recorded Alzheimer's victim (b. 1950) died in the year 1906.  

Apr 11 In the year 1906 georgi Apollonovitch Gapon, Rus-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent, dies  

Apr 18 Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846) died on this day in history.  

Apr 19 Pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies on this day in history.  

Apr 20 In the year 1906 australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26  

Apr 25 On this day in history john Knowles Paine, US composer, dies at 67  

May 14 On this day in history death of carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)  

May 23 In the year 1906 henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78  

May 30 In the year 1906 william Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30  

May 31 Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 In the year 1906 birth of frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932)  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)  

Jan 03 Roman Brandstaetter, writer was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 05 Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 06 Benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06 In the year 1906 birth of jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)  

Jan 08 Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist was born in the year 1906.