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

1552  On October - 06 birth of matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)  

1573  On October - 06 birth of henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)  

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 October - 06.  

1706  On this day in history birth of pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- )  

1716  On October - 06 birth of george Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)  

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

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

1777  On October - 06 birth of william Russell, composer  

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

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

1806  Andreas Randel, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1816  William Batchelder Bradbury, composer was born on October - 06.  

1818  Joseph Rummel, composer was born on October - 06.  

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 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  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  Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao) was born on October - 06.  

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

1862  On this day in history 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 October - 06.  

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

1014  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on October - 06.  

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 October - 06.  

1413  On this day in history death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)  

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