Famous Personalities Born In October - 06

1289  On this day in history birth of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)   

1459  On October - 06 birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)   

1510  On this day in history birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)   

1510  On October - 06 birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)   

1552  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) was born on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history birth of henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)   

1610  On October - 06 birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)   

1618  On October - 06 birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer   

1706  On October - 06 birth of pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- )   

1716  On this day in history birth of george Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)   

1738  Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.   

1744  On this day in history birth of james McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)   

1767  Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.   

1773  On this day in history birth of king Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)   

1777  William Russell, composer was born on this day in history.   

1801  On October - 06 birth of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)   

1803  Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879) was born on this day in history.   

1806  Andreas Randel, composer was born on October - 06.   

1808  Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63) was born on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history birth of william Batchelder Bradbury, composer   

1818  Joseph Rummel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1819  On October - 06 birth of willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer   

1820  On this day in history birth of jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)   

1824  Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book was born on this day in history.   

1827  Cark Reidel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1831  J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) was born on this day in history.   

1838  Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910) was born on October - 06.   

1846  On October - 06 birth of george Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US   

1847  Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor was born on October - 06.   

1849  On October - 06 birth of basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"   

1860  On October - 06 birth of oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao)   

1860  On October - 06 birth of reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch foreign minister (1908-13)   

1862  On October - 06 birth of albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)   

1866  Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music was born on October - 06.   

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0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on this day in history.   

0877  Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54 on October - 06.   

1014  On October - 06 samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies   

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on this day in history.   

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on this day in history.   

1214  On this day in history alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies   

1413  Death of Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) on October - 06.   

1542  Death of Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503) on this day in history.