Famous Personalities Born In October - 06

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

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  On October - 06 birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)   

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

1573  Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on October - 06.   

1610  On this day in history birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)   

1618  On this day in history birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer   

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

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

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

1744  On this day in history 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  King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.   

1777  William Russell, composer was born on October - 06.   

1801  On October - 06 birth of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)   

1803  On October - 06 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  On this day in history birth of joseph Rummel, composer   

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  Cark Reidel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history 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 October - 06 birth of basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"   

1860  Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao) was born on October - 06.   

1860  Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch foreign minister (1908-13) was born on this day in history.   

1862  Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive) was born on this day in history.   

1866  On October - 06 birth of reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music   

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0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on this day in history.   

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

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