Famous Birthdays In December - 06

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

1285  On this day in history birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)  

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland  

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.  

1640  On December - 06 birth of claude Fleury, French historian (d. 1723)  

1642  Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (d. 1703) was born on December - 06.  

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  Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (d. 1794) was born on December - 06.  

1731  On this day in history birth of s von Laroche, writer  

1732  On this day in history birth of warren Hastings, England, 1st governor-General of India (1773-84)  

1743  On this day in history 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  Nicolas Isouard, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1778  On this day in history birth of joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)  

1792  On December - 06 birth of abraham J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary)  

1792  On this day in history birth of willem II Frederik GL, King of Neth (1840-49)  

1792  On December - 06 birth of king William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)  

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

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

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

1808  Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author (Future) was born on December - 06.  

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

1809  Stephen Thomas, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903 was born on December - 06.  

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  John Eberhard, built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US was born on this day in history.  

1823  On December - 06 birth of friedrich Max Müller, German orientalist (d. 1900)  

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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 December - 06 clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies  

1531  Death of John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded on this day in history.  

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on December - 06.  

1562  On this day in history jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies  

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)