Famous Deaths Happened In 1906

Jan 01 In the year 1906 joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51  

Jan 13 Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859) died in the year 1906.  

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 in the year 1906.  

Jan 25 Joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70 in the year 1906.  

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

Feb 09 On this day in history paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio  

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 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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 01 José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (b. 1833) died on this day in history.  

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 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 Alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies  

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 in the year 1906.  

Apr 06 Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57 in the year 1906.  

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

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

Apr 18 On this day in history death of luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)  

Apr 19 In the year 1906 pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies  

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

Apr 25 In the year 1906 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 On this day in history william Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30  

May 31 On this day in history hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56  

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

Jan 01 Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 In the year 1906 birth of roman Brandstaetter, writer  

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 In the year 1906 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 on this day in history.