Famous Deaths Happened In 1906

Jan 01 Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1906.  

Jan 13 Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859) died on this day in history.  

Jan 16 Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834) died in the year 1906.  

Jan 18 Bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84 in the year 1906.  

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 in the year 1906.  

Feb 09 Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio in the year 1906.  

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

Feb 13 Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866) died in the year 1906.  

Feb 18 In the year 1906 willem Doorenbos, literary/critic, dies at 85  

Feb 23 On this day in history death of johann Hoch, US murderer, executed  

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

Feb 26 In the year 1906 manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer, dies at 70  

Mar 01 José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (b. 1833) died in the year 1906.  

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

Mar 10 In the year 1906 eugen Richter, German MP (Liberal), dies at 67  

Mar 13 Susan B[rownell] Anthony, American suffragist, dies at 85 in the year 1906.  

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

Mar 17 Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Mar 22 In the year 1906 martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59  

Mar 23 Victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies in the year 1906.  

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

Mar 30 On this day in history betsy Perk, [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist, dies at 73  

Apr 06 In the year 1906 alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57  

Apr 08 In the year 1906 death of auguste D, First recorded Alzheimer's victim (b. 1950)  

Apr 11 Georgi Apollonovitch Gapon, Rus-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent, dies in the year 1906.  

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

Apr 19 On this day in history pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies  

Apr 20 Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 on this day in history.  

Apr 25 John Knowles Paine, US composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

May 23 On this day in history 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 in the year 1906.  

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Jan 01 Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01 In the year 1906 birth of giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of roman Brandstaetter, writer  

Jan 05 Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor  

Jan 08 Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP) was born in the year 1906.  

Jan 08 On this day in history birth of serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist