Famous Deaths In December - 06

0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas   

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on December - 06.   

1352  On this day in history clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies   

1531  On December - 06 death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  On this day in history pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48   

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on this day in history.   

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on this day in history.   

1618  On December - 06 death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)   

1640  On this day in history matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75   

1651  Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68 on December - 06.   

1658  Gracian, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1716  Death of Benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642) on December - 06.   

1718  Death of Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674) on December - 06.   

1746  On December - 06 death of lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665)   

1771  Death of Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682) on this day in history.   

1779  On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)   

1788  Death of Jonathan Shipley, British bishop and politician (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1793  Death of Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded on December - 06.   

1799  Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71 on December - 06.   

1834  On this day in history jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54   

1855  Death of William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789) on December - 06.   

1865  Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56 on December - 06.   

1867  On December - 06 giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71   

1868  Death of August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1869  On December - 06 jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54   

1873  Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24 on this day in history.   

1879  Death of Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814) on December - 06.   

1882  A Trollope, writer, dies on December - 06.   

1889  On December - 06 jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81   

1892  On December - 06 e Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75   

1903  On this day in history frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54   

1914  Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1920  Karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57 on December - 06.   

1924  On this day in history death of gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)   

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0846  On this day in history birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)   

1285  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on this day in history.   

1421  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on December - 06.   

1478  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on December - 06.   

1550  On this day in history birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

1586  On this day in history birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)   

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on December - 06.   

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on December - 06.