Famous Birthdays In October - 06

1289  On October - 06 birth of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)  

1459  Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) was born on October - 06.  

1510  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on October - 06.  

1510  John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.  

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

1573  Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on this day in history.  

1610  On this day in history birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)  

1618  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on this day in history.  

1706  Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- ) was born on this day in history.  

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

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1738  On this day in history birth of archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)  

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

1767  On October - 06 birth of henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)  

1773  On October - 06 birth of king Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)  

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

1801  Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888) was born on this day in history.  

1803  Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879) was born on October - 06.  

1806  On this day in history birth of andreas Randel, composer  

1808  On October - 06 birth of frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63)  

1816  William Batchelder Bradbury, composer was born on this day in history.  

1818  On this day in history birth of joseph Rummel, composer  

1819  Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer was born on this day in history.  

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

1824  On October - 06 birth of henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book  

1827  On October - 06 birth of cark Reidel, composer  

1831  On this day in history birth of j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)  

1838  On October - 06 birth of giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)  

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

1847  Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor was born on this day in history.  

1849  Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" was born on October - 06.  

1860  On this day in history 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  Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive) was born on October - 06.  

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

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0404  On October - 06 eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies  

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

1014  On this day in history samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies  

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on October - 06.  

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on October - 06.  

1214  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on this day in history.  

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

1542  On October - 06 death of thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)