Famous Deaths In 1906

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

Jan 13 On this day in history 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 Bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84 on this day in history.

Jan 25 In the year 1906 joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70

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 in the year 1906.

Feb 10 Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827) died in the year 1906.

Feb 13 In the year 1906 death of albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866)

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

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

Feb 25 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer/conductor c t, dies at 44 in the year 1906.

Feb 26 Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.

Mar 01 On this day in history death of josé María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (b. 1833)

Mar 04 In the year 1906 death of john McAllister Schofield, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. 1831)

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 on this day in history.

Mar 15 On this day in history alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81

Mar 17 Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82 in the year 1906.

Mar 22 On this day in history martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59

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

Mar 29 Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878) died in the year 1906.

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 in the year 1906.

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

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

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

May 14 Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829) died on this day in history.

May 23 Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78 in the year 1906.

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

May 31 In the year 1906 hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932)

Jan 01 Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974) was born in the year 1906.

Jan 03 Roman Brandstaetter, writer was born on this day in history.

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

Jan 06 In the year 1906 birth of benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)

Jan 06 Jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor was born in the year 1906.

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.