Died on
Who died on September 6
107 figures who shaped history died on September 6.
- 107deaths
- 59events
Best known
Best known
Eugenius
Western Roman emperor from 392 to 394
Ashikaga Yoshizumi
Military ruler of Japan from 1494 to 1508
Suleiman the Magnificent
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566
Thomas Dempster
Scottish scholar and historian
Adriaan Metius
Dutch geometer and astronomer
Robert Dudley (explorer)
English engineer, explorer and cartographer
Eugenius — Western Roman emperor from 392 to 394, who died on September 6 394.
Ashikaga Yoshizumi — Military ruler of Japan from 1494 to 1508, who died on September 6 1511.
Suleiman the Magnificent — Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566, who died on September 6 1566.
Thomas Dempster — Scottish scholar and historian, who died on September 6 1625.
Adriaan Metius — Dutch geometer and astronomer, who died on September 6 1635.
Robert Dudley (explorer) — English engineer, explorer and cartographer, who died on September 6 1649.
All entries
- 926AAbaojiEmperor of the Liao dynasty from 916 to 926
- 952
Emperor SuzakuEmperor of Japan from 930 to 946 - 957LLiudolf, Duke of SwabiaDuke of Swabia from 950 to 957
- 972PPope John XIIIHead of the Catholic Church from 965 to 972
- 1178IIovetaLatin princess and abbess of Bethany (c. 1120 – 1178)
- 1276
Vicedomino de VicedominisItalian cardinal - 1431DDemetrios Laskaris LeontaresByzantine statesman and military leader
- 1553
Juan de Homedes - 1683
Jean-Baptiste ColbertFrench statesman - 1708
Sir John Morden, 1st BaronetEnglish merchant, MP and philanthropist - 1783
Carlo BertinazziItalian actor and author - 1808
Louis-Pierre AnquetilFrench historian - 1836GGaspar Flores de AbregoAmerican politician
- 1868
Pierre Adolphe RostAmerican judge - 1885
Narcís MonturiolSpanish submarine inventor
- 1891
Charles JamrachBritish dealer in wildlife - 1902
Frederick AbelEnglish chemist - 1907
Sully PrudhommeFrench poet - 1919
Lord Charles BeresfordRoyal Navy admiral - 1927
William LibbeyAcademic, sport shooter - 1938
Johnny HindmarshEnglish racecar driver and aviator - 1939
Arthur RackhamEnglish book illustrator - 1940TThomas Harte (Irish republican)
- 1940PPatrick McGrath (Irish republican)
- 1944
James Cannon Jr.American bishop - 1945
John S. McCain Sr.United States Navy admiral - 1949
Song QiyunChinese communist journalist - 1949
Song ZhenzhongChinese child killed by the KMT in 1949 - 1949
Xu LinxiaChinese communist (1904/5–1949) - 1949
Yang HuchengChinese general - 1950
Olaf StapledonEnglish novelist and philosopher - 1951
James W. GerardAmerican politician - 1952
Gertrude LawrenceEnglish performing artist - 1956WWitold HurewiczPolish mathematician
- 1956
Lee Jung-seobKorean artist - 1959
Edmund GwennEnglish actor - 1959
Kay KendallEnglish actress and singer - 1962
Hanns EislerAustrian and German composer - 1962
Seiichiro KashioJapanese tennis player - 1966
Margaret SangerAmerican birth control activist and nurse - 1966
Hendrik VerwoerdPrime Minister of South Africa from 1958 to 1966 - 1969
Arthur FriedenreichBrazilian footballer - 1972
Luttif AfifPalestinian terrorist commander of 1972 Munich massacre - 1972
David Berger (weightlifter)Israeli weightlifter - 1972
Ze'ev FriedmanIsraeli weightlifter - 1972
Yossef GutfreundMunich Massacre victim - 1972
Eliezer HalfinIsraeli Olympic wrestler - 1972AAmitzur ShapiraIsraeli athlete and Munich Massacre victim
- 1972
Kehat ShorrIsraeli coach and Munich massacre victim - 1972
Mark SlavinIsraeli wrestler and Munich massacre victim - 1972
Andre SpitzerIsraeli fencer and Munich massacre victim - 1972
Yakov SpringerPolish wrestler and Munich Massacre victim - 1974
Olga BaclanovaRussian-American actress, radio host, and singer - 1974
Otto KrugerAmerican actor
- 1978
Max DecugisFrench tennis player - 1978
Tom Wilson (music producer)American record producer - 1978
Adolf DasslerFounder of Adidas - 1979RRonald BingeBritish composer and arranger
- 1982
Azra ErhatTurkish translator and author - 1984
Ernest TubbAmerican country singer - 1985
Franco FerraraItalian conductor - 1986
Blanche SweetAmerican actress - 1990
Tom FogertyAmerican musician - 1990
Len HuttonEnglish cricketer - 1994
Nicky HopkinsEnglish pianist and organist - 1997
P. H. NewbyEnglish writer and broadcasting administrator - 1998
Akira KurosawaJapanese filmmaker - 1998
Ernst-Hugo JäregårdSwedish actor - 2000
Abdul Haris NasutionIndonesian army general - 2005HHasan AbidiPakistani journalist
- 2005
Eugenia CharlesPrime Minister of Dominica from 1980 to 1995 - 2007
Madeleine L'EngleAmerican writer - 2007
Luciano PavarottiItalian operatic tenor - 2008
Anita PageAmerican actress - 2009CCatherine GaskinIrish-Australian romance novelist
- 2010
Boris ChetkovRussian painter - 2010
Clive DonnerBritish film director - 2011MMichael S. HartAmerican author, founder of Project Gutenberg
- 2012
Elisabeth BöhmGerman architect - 2012
Lawrie DringBritish scouting leader - 2012
Oscar RossiArgentine footballer - 2013AAnn C. CrispinAmerican science fiction writer
- 2014
Odd BondevikNorwegian theologian - 2014
Seth MartinCanadian ice hockey player - 2014
Kira ZvorykinaSoviet chess player - 2015
Martin MilnerAmerican actor - 2017PPeter LuckAustralian TV presenter & writer
- 2017
Kate MillettAmerican writer and artist - 2018
Richard DeVosAmerican businessman - 2018
Liz FraserEnglish actress - 2018
Burt ReynoldsAmerican actor - 2019
Robert MugabeLeader of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2017 - 2020
Lou BrockAmerican baseball player - 2021
Jean-Paul BelmondoFrench actor - 2021
Michael K. WilliamsAmerican actor
- 2024KKilling of Ayşenur EygiShooting of Turkish-American activist by Israel Defense Forces
- 2024
Rebecca HornGerman visual artist - 2024
Will JenningsAmerican songwriter and composer - 2024
Cathy MerrickCanadian Cree politician - 2024
Ron YeatsScottish footballer - 2025
Rick DaviesEnglish musician
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Who died on September 6?
107 people with a Wikipedia article died on September 6, including Eugenius, Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Suleiman the Magnificent. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on September 6?
59 documented historical events happened on September 6, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Christopher Columbus set sail from San Sebastián de La Gomera in the Canary Islands on his first voyage across the Atlantic, discovering the Americas. On the same day, in another year: Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire, died at the age of 71. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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