Famous Deaths In 1906

Jan 01 Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.

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

Jan 16 In the year 1906 death of marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834)

Jan 18 Bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84 on this day in history.

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

Jan 29 On this day in history christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies

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

Feb 10 Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827) died on this day in history.

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

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 On this day in history 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 John McAllister Schofield, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. 1831) died in the year 1906.

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

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

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 On this day in history death of auguste D, First recorded Alzheimer's victim (b. 1950)

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 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 on this day in history.

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

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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 On this day in history birth of roman Brandstaetter, writer

Jan 05 In the year 1906 birth of kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho

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.