Famous Personalities Born In October - 06

1289  On October - 06 birth of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)   

1459  On October - 06 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 this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history 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  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on October - 06.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of andreas Randel, composer   

1808  Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63) was born on October - 06.   

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 October - 06.   

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 this day in history birth of cark Reidel, composer   

1831  J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) was born on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)   

1846  George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US was born on October - 06.   

1847  On this day in history birth of adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor   

1849  Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" was born on this day in history.   

1860  Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao) was born on this day in history.   

1860  Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch foreign minister (1908-13) was born on October - 06.   

1862  On October - 06 birth of albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)   

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

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0404  On October - 06 eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies   

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

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 this day in history death of bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order   

1214  On October - 06 alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies   

1413  On October - 06 death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)   

1542  Death of Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503) on October - 06.