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 December - 06.  

1421  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on this day in history.  

1478  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on December - 06.  

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on December - 06.  

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  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 December - 06.  

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

1732  On December - 06 birth of warren Hastings, England, 1st governor-General of India (1773-84)  

1743  On December - 06 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  Johann Baptist Henneberg, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  King William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849) was born on December - 06.  

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

1808  On December - 06 birth of johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author (Future)  

1808  Johann Christian Gebauer, composer was born on December - 06.  

1809  Stephen Thomas, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903 was born on this day in history.  

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  John Eberhard, built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US was born on December - 06.  

1823  Friedrich Max Müller, German orientalist (d. 1900) was born on this day in history.  

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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 December - 06.  

1531  On this day in history death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded  

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

1562  On December - 06 jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies  

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on this day in history.  

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on this day in history.