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  Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on this day in history.  

1610  On October - 06 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  Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- ) was born on this day in history.  

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

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1738  Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.  

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

1767  On October - 06 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  William Russell, composer was born on October - 06.  

1801  Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888) was born on October - 06.  

1803  Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879) was born on October - 06.  

1806  Andreas Randel, composer was born on October - 06.  

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

1820  Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887) was born on October - 06.  

1824  On this day in history birth of henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book  

1827  On October - 06 birth of cark Reidel, composer  

1831  J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) was born on October - 06.  

1838  On October - 06 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  On October - 06 birth of adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor  

1849  Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" was born on October - 06.  

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

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

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  On October - 06 eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies  

0877  Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1014  On October - 06 samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies  

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on this day in history.  

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

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