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Deaths on January 06

1088 : Berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies
1275 : Raymundus of Pe¤afort, Spanish church law scholar, dies
1374 : Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies
1425 : Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies
1448 : Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
1536 : Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies
1541 : Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52
1592 : Johan Casimir, palsgrave at the Rhine, dies
1646 : Elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies at 72
1685 : Malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68
1693 : Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey), dies at 51
1694 : Francesco Morosini, Italian army general, dies
1697 : Carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56
1702 : Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [NS=Jan 17]
1725 : Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Jap playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71
1738 : Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74
1742 : Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies
1785 : Haym Salomon, dies in Phila at 44, helped finance the revolution
1790 : Johann Trier, composer, dies at 73
1799 : Maria G Agnesi, Italian mathematician (xýy=aý(a-y)), dies at 80
1799 : W G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25
1800 : William Jones, composer, dies at 73
1831 : Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64
1884 : Gregor Mendel, Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61
1884 : Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Ital/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75
1885 : Peter C Asbjírnsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72
1907 : Walter Read, cricketer (Engl batsman, 117 at no 10 v Aust 1884), dies
1915 : Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies
1917 : Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82
1918 : Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72
1919 : Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Pres (1901-09), dies in NY at 60
1928 : Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51
1929 : Nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72
1935 : George P Baker, US playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at 68
1936 : Charles A Stoneham, pres (NY Giants), dies
1939 : Albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies
1941 : Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60
1950 : Isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at 71
1958 : Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85
1959 : Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54
1960 : Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52
1960 : Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Scope & Means), dies at 68
1961 : Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76
1962 : Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57
1963 : Lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68
1964 : Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67
1965 : John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52
1967 : Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron," buried
1967 : Johnny Keane, baseball player/mgr (Cards, NY Yanks), dies at 55
1968 : Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81
1974 : David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at 77
1975 : Noel Madison, actor (Jitterbugs, Black Raven), dies at 77
1976 : Oscar Espl , Spanish philosopher/composer (Sonata del Sur), dies at 89
1978 : John D MacArthur, US insurance billionaire, dies at 80
1981 : A[rchibald] J[oseph] Cronin, physician/author (Citadel), dies at 84
1985 : Robert H W Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85
1986 : Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian, dies at 90
1988 : Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46
1989 : Hirohito, Japan`s emperor (1922-89), dies at 87 after 62-year reign
1990 : Hans Jaray, actor (Lydia, Fedora), dies
1990 : Ian Charleson, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at 40
1991 : Ada Moore, entertainer, dies of cancer at 64
1992 : Avon Jaeger Hill, entertainer, dies of cancer at 44
1992 : Elaine McKenna, Australian actress (Peg Martin-Cell Block H), dies
1992 : Vincent Placoly, Martinique writer (Une journ‚e torride), dies at 45
1993 : Elisabeth, arch duch of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein, dies at 70
1993 : John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, dies of cancer at 75
1993 : Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at 54
1994 : "Iron" Adriaan van Es, Dutch undersec of Navy (1963-72), dies at 80
1994 : Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies
1994 : Morty the Moose, (Northern Exposure), dies at 6
1994 : Tip O'Neill, speaker of the house, dies of cancer
1994 : Virginia Kelley Clinton, Mother of Pres Clinton, dies at 70
1995 : Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at 77
1995 : James Clay, saxophonist, dies at 59
1995 : Joe Slovo, Latvian/S African attorney/sect-gen (SACR), dies at 68
1995 : Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Dutch playwright/director (Pinter), dies at 81
1996 : Duane Hanson, sculptor, dies at 60
1996 : Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician, dies at 94
1996 : John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher, dies at 68
1996 : Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, dies at 80
1997 : Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at 52
1997 : Litz Pisk, movement teacher, dies at 87
1997 : Vince Williams, actor (Hamp-Guiding Light), dies of cancer at 39

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