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  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on this day in history.  

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  On December - 06 birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)  

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

1637  On this day in history birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)  

1640  On this day in history birth of claude Fleury, French historian (d. 1723)  

1642  On this day in history birth of johann Christoph Bach, German composer (d. 1703)  

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1685  Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, mother of Louis XV of France (d. 1712) was born on this day in history.  

1721  James Elphinston, British philologist (d. 1809) was born on December - 06.  

1721  Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.  

1731  On December - 06 birth of s von Laroche, writer  

1732  Warren Hastings, England, 1st governor-General of India (1773-84) was born on December - 06.  

1743  Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer was born on this day in history.  

1752  Gabriel Duvall, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1844) was born on December - 06.  

1768  Johann Baptist Henneberg, composer was born on December - 06.  

1775  Nicolas Isouard, composer was born on December - 06.  

1776  Paul Friedrich Struck, composer was born on this day in history.  

1778  Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850) was born on December - 06.  

1792  On this day in history birth of abraham J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary)  

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 this day in history.  

1805  Adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.  

1805  Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861) was born on December - 06.  

1806  Louis-Gilbert Duprez, composer was born on this day in history.  

1808  Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author (Future) was born on this day in history.  

1808  On this day in history birth of johann Christian Gebauer, composer  

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

1812  On December - 06 birth of robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (d. 1884)  

1816  On this day in history birth of henry Eustace McCulloch, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895  

1822  On this day in history birth of john Eberhard, built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US  

1823  Friedrich Max Müller, German orientalist (d. 1900) was born on December - 06.  

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0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas  

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

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  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on December - 06.  

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on December - 06.  

1598  On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78  

1618  On this day in history death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)