Famous Birthdays In October - 06

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

1459  On this day in history birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)  

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

1510  On this day in history birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)  

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 October - 06.  

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

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

1706  Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- ) was born on October - 06.  

1716  George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771) was born on October - 06.  

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1738  Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789) was born on October - 06.  

1744  James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63)  

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

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

1819  On this day in history 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 October - 06.  

1827  On this day in history birth of cark Reidel, composer  

1831  On October - 06 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  George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US was born on October - 06.  

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

1849  Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1866  Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music was born on this day in history.  

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0404  On this day in history 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 October - 06 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 this day in history.  

1214  On October - 06 alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies  

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 October - 06.