Famous Birthdays In December - 06

0846  On December - 06 birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)  

1285  On December - 06 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  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1586  On this day in history 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 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 December - 06.  

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

1721  On this day in history birth of james Elphinston, British philologist (d. 1809)  

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  Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer was born on December - 06.  

1752  Gabriel Duvall, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1844) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1792  Abraham J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary) was born on December - 06.  

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

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 December - 06.  

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

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

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

1808  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 December - 06 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  On December - 06 afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76  

1352  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on this day in history.  

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

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on December - 06.