Famous Deaths Happened In 1906

Jan 01 On this day in history joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51  

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 in the year 1906.  

Jan 25 On this day in history joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70  

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 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 in the year 1906.  

Feb 23 Johann Hoch, US murderer, executed died in the year 1906.  

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 in the year 1906.  

Mar 01 In the year 1906 death of josé María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (b. 1833)  

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 Eugen Richter, German MP (Liberal), dies at 67 in the year 1906.  

Mar 13 In the year 1906 susan B[rownell] Anthony, American suffragist, dies at 85  

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

Mar 23 In the year 1906 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 on this day in history.  

Apr 06 On this day in history alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57  

Apr 08 Auguste D, First recorded Alzheimer's victim (b. 1950) died on this day in history.  

Apr 11 Georgi Apollonovitch Gapon, Rus-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent, dies on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1906.  

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

May 23 In the year 1906 henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78  

May 30 William Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1906.  

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

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 in the year 1906.  

Jan 06 In the year 1906 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 08 Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist was born in the year 1906.