Famous Personalities Born In December - 06
Thursday, 16 October 2025
0846 Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on December - 06.
1285 King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on December - 06.
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 December - 06 birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer
1586 Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.
1608 On December - 06 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 Claude Fleury, French historian (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.
1642 On December - 06 birth of johann Christoph Bach, German composer (d. 1703)
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 Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (d. 1794) was born on December - 06.
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 December - 06.
1743 Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer was born on December - 06.
1752 On December - 06 birth of gabriel Duvall, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1844)
1768 Johann Baptist Henneberg, composer was born on December - 06.
1775 On December - 06 birth of nicolas Isouard, composer
1776 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1792 On this day in history birth of king William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)
1805 On this day in history birth of adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875)
1805 Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861) was born on this day in history.
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 Johann Christian Gebauer, composer was born on this day in history.
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 On December - 06 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.