Famous Personalities Born In October - 06
Monday, 01 December 2025
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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