Famous Birthdays In October - 06

1289  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on this day in history.  

1459  Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.  

1510  On October - 06 birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)  

1510  John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on October - 06.  

1552  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) was born on October - 06.  

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

1610  Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on this day in history.  

1618  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on October - 06.  

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)  

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

1744  On October - 06 birth of james McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)  

1767  On this day in history birth of henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)  

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

1777  On this day in history birth of william Russell, composer  

1801  On this day in history birth of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)  

1803  On this day in history birth of heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)  

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

1808  Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63) was born on October - 06.  

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

1818  On October - 06 birth of joseph Rummel, composer  

1819  Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer was born on October - 06.  

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  On October - 06 birth of cark Reidel, composer  

1831  On October - 06 birth of j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)  

1838  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)  

1846  George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US was born on this day in history.  

1847  On this day in history birth of adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor  

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

1860  Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao) was born on this day in history.  

1860  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

0877  On this day in history charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54  

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

1072  On this day in history death of sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered  

1101  On October - 06 death of bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order  

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 this day in history.  

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