Famous Deaths Happened In 1906

Jan 01 Joseph miroslav weber: Composer,  

Jan 13 Alexander stepanovich popov: Russian physicist (b. 1859)  

Jan 16 Marshall field: Founder of marshall field and company (b. 1834)  

Jan 18 Bartolomé mitre: President of argentina (1862-70),  

Jan 25 Joseph wheeler ii: Confederate general,  

Jan 29 Christaan ix: King of denmark (1893-1906),  

Feb 09 Paul laurence dunbar: Black dialect poet,  

Feb 10 Ezra butler eddy: Canadian businessman (e.b. eddy company) and politician (b. 1827)  

Feb 13 Albert gottschalk: Danish painter (b. 1866)  

Feb 18 Willem doorenbos: Literary/critic,  

Feb 23 Johann hoch: Us murderer, executed  

Feb 25 Anton stepanovich arensky: Russian composer/conductor c t,  

Feb 26 Manuel fernandez caballero: Composer,  

Mar 01 José maría de pereda: Spanish novelist (b. 1833)  

Mar 04 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),  

Mar 13 Susan b[rownell] anthony: American suffragist,  

Mar 15 Alfred gilpin jones: Lt-gov of nova scotia (1900-06),  

Mar 17 Carlos calvo: Argentina diplomat (calvo clause),  

Mar 22 Martin wegelius: Finnish musicologist/composer,  

Mar 23 Victor barton: Cricketer (scored 23 in test eng v s afr 1892),  

Mar 29 Slava raskaj: Croatian painter (b. 1878)  

Mar 30 Betsy perk: [christina e], journalist/writer/feminist,  

Apr 06 Alexander l kielland: Norwegian writer (working people),  

Apr 08 Auguste d: First recorded alzheimer's victim (b. 1950)  

Apr 11 Georgi apollonovitch gapon: Rus-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent,  

Apr 18 Luis martín: Spanish superior-general of the society of jesus (b. 1846)  

Apr 19 Pierre curie: French physicist/chemist (nobel 1903),  

Apr 20 Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial:  

Apr 25 John knowles paine: Us composer,  

May 14 Carl schurz: German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)  

May 23 Henrik johan ibsen: Norwegian playwright (doll house),  

May 30 William yeates hurlstone: Composer,  

May 31 Hermann schell: German theologist (gott und geist),  

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Jan 01 Frank stack: Canada, speed skater (olympic-bronze-1932)  

Jan 01 Giovanni d'anzi: Italian songwriter  

Jan 03 Roman brandstaetter: Writer  

Jan 05 Kathleen kenyon: 1st person to place date on remains of jericho  

Jan 06 Benedict vilakazi: S africa, poet/educator (zulu-english dictionary)  

Jan 06 Jaap wagemaker: [adrian b], dutch sculptor  

Jan 08 Jan a h j s bruins slot: Dutch founder illegal trouw/mp (arp)  

Jan 08 Serge poliakoff: Russian/french painter/guitarist