Famous Birthdays In December - 06

0846  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on December - 06.  

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  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1608  On this day in history birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland  

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

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.  

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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 this day in history.  

1721  On this day in history 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  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  Gabriel Duvall, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1844) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1792  Willem II Frederik GL, King of Neth (1840-49) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1806  On this day in history birth of louis-Gilbert Duprez, composer  

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

1808  On December - 06 birth of johann Christian Gebauer, composer  

1809  On this day in history 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  Henry Eustace McCulloch, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 was born on this day in history.  

1822  On December - 06 birth of john Eberhard, built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US  

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

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0343  On December - 06 death of saint Nicholas  

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

1352  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on December - 06.  

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)