Famous Personalities Born In October - 06
Saturday, 17 May 2025
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