Famous Birthdays In October - 06
Saturday, 20 April 2024
1289 King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on October - 06.
1459 On this day in history birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
1510 On this day in history birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)
1510 On this day in history birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)
1552 Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) was born on this day in history.
1573 Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on this day in history.
1610 Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on this day in history.
1618 Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on this day in history.
1706 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- ) was born on this day in history.
1716 On this day in history birth of george Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)
1738 Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.
1744 On October - 06 birth of james McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)
1767 On October - 06 birth of henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)
1773 On October - 06 birth of king Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)
1777 William Russell, composer was born on October - 06.
1801 Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888) was born on this day in history.
1803 Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879) was born on October - 06.
1806 Andreas Randel, composer was born on this day in history.
1808 Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63) was born on October - 06.
1816 William Batchelder Bradbury, composer was born on October - 06.
1818 On October - 06 birth of joseph Rummel, composer
1819 On this day in history birth of willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer
1820 On this day in history birth of jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)
1824 On this day in history birth of henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book
1827 On October - 06 birth of cark Reidel, composer
1831 J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) was born on October - 06.
1838 Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910) was born on October - 06.
1846 George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US was born on this day in history.
1847 Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor was born on this day in history.
1849 Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" was born on this day in history.
1860 On this day in history birth of oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao)
1860 Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch foreign minister (1908-13) was born on October - 06.
1862 On this day in history birth of albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)
1866 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music was born on this day in history.