Famous Birthdays In December - 06

0846  On December - 06 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  On this day in history birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)  

1478  On December - 06 birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)  

1550  On December - 06 birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer  

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.  

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on this day in history.  

1637  On December - 06 birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)  

1640  Claude Fleury, French historian (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.  

1642  Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.  

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1685  On December - 06 birth of marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, mother of Louis XV of France (d. 1712)  

1721  James Elphinston, British philologist (d. 1809) was born on this day in history.  

1721  On December - 06 birth of guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (d. 1794)  

1731  S von Laroche, writer was born on this day in history.  

1732  Warren Hastings, England, 1st governor-General of India (1773-84) was born on this day in history.  

1743  On December - 06 birth of franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer  

1752  On this day in history birth of gabriel Duvall, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1844)  

1768  On December - 06 birth of johann Baptist Henneberg, composer  

1775  On December - 06 birth of nicolas Isouard, composer  

1776  On December - 06 birth of paul Friedrich Struck, composer  

1778  On December - 06 birth of joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)  

1792  Abraham J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary) was born on this day in history.  

1792  Willem II Frederik GL, King of Neth (1840-49) was born on December - 06.  

1792  King William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849) was born on December - 06.  

1805  On December - 06 birth of adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875)  

1805  On this day in history birth of jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861)  

1806  Louis-Gilbert Duprez, composer was born on December - 06.  

1808  On December - 06 birth of johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author (Future)  

1808  Johann Christian Gebauer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1809  On December - 06 birth of stephen Thomas, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903  

1812  Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (d. 1884) was born on December - 06.  

1816  Henry Eustace McCulloch, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 was born on this day in history.  

1822  John Eberhard, built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US was born on December - 06.  

1823  Friedrich Max Müller, German orientalist (d. 1900) was born on this day in history.  

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0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas  

1185  On this day in history afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76  

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 December - 06 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 December - 06.  

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