Famous Birthdays In December - 06

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

1285  On December - 06 birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)  

1421  On December - 06 birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)  

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  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on December - 06.  

1608  On December - 06 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  On this day in history birth of claude Fleury, French historian (d. 1723)  

1642  On December - 06 birth of johann Christoph Bach, German composer (d. 1703)  

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1685  Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, mother of Louis XV of France (d. 1712) was born on December - 06.  

1721  On December - 06 birth of james Elphinston, British philologist (d. 1809)  

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

1743  Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer was born on this day in history.  

1752  On December - 06 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 December - 06.  

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

1778  Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.  

1792  On this day in history birth of abraham J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary)  

1792  Willem II Frederik GL, King of Neth (1840-49) was born on December - 06.  

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 December - 06.  

1805  Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1812  Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (d. 1884) was born on December - 06.  

1816  Henry Eustace McCulloch, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 was born on December - 06.  

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  Death of Saint Nicholas on this day in history.  

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

1352  On this day in history clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies  

1531  Death of John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded on December - 06.  

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

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on December - 06.  

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

1618  On this day in history death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)