Famous Deaths In October - 06

0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on this day in history.   

0877  On this day in history charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54   

1014  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on October - 06.   

1072  On October - 06 death of sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered   

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on this day in history.   

1214  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on this day in history.   

1413  On this day in history death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)   

1542  Death of Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503) on this day in history.   

1585  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor, dies on October - 06.   

1641  On October - 06 matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle   

1644  On this day in history isabella van Bourbon, French princess of Henri IV, dies   

1651  Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47 on October - 06.   

1661  On this day in history death of guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru   

1688  On this day in history death of christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b. 1652)   

1762  On this day in history francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer, dies at 78   

1786  On this day in history antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer, dies at 56   

1819  On October - 06 charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies   

1829  Death of Pierre Derbigny, Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769) on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77   

1855  August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75 on October - 06.   

1860  Stephen Elvey, composer, dies at 55 on October - 06.   

1861  On October - 06 elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84   

1868  On October - 06 leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51   

1873  On this day in history death of sir PaweÅ‚ Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797)   

1874  On October - 06 thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50   

1880  On this day in history benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies   

1891  Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1892  Alfred Tennyson, writer, dies at 83 on October - 06.   

1905  Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer, dies on this day in history.   

1909  Dudley Buck, US organist/composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1912  On October - 06 august Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94, Nobel 1909), dies at 83   

1920  Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer/conductor (Artemis), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1924  Jacques Oppenheim, lawyer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1926  On October - 06 charles Van de Banks, Flemish writer/poet (Red Horse), dies   

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1289  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on October - 06.   

1459  On October - 06 birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)   

1510  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on October - 06.   

1510  John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on October - 06.   

1552  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) was born on October - 06.   

1573  Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on October - 06.   

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.