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

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  Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on October - 06.  

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

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

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

1738  On October - 06 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  Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820) was born on October - 06.  

1773  King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850) was born on October - 06.  

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

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

1803  On October - 06 birth of heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)  

1806  On October - 06 birth of andreas Randel, composer  

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 October - 06.  

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

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

1820  Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.  

1824  Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book was born on this day in history.  

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  Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.  

1846  On this day in history birth of george Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US  

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

1849  On this day in history birth of basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"  

1860  On October - 06 birth of oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao)  

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 October - 06.  

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0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on October - 06.  

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  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on this day in history.  

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on this day in history.  

1214  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on October - 06.  

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

1542  On this day in history death of thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)