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 this day in history.  

1510  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on this day in history.  

1510  John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on October - 06.  

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 October - 06.  

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 October - 06.  

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

1716  On this day in history 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 October - 06.  

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

1806  On October - 06 birth of andreas Randel, composer  

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

1816  On October - 06 birth of william Batchelder Bradbury, composer  

1818  On this day in history birth of joseph Rummel, composer  

1819  On October - 06 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 October - 06.  

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

1847  On October - 06 birth of adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor  

1849  On October - 06 birth of basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"  

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

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

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 October - 06 death of bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order  

1214  On this day in history alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies  

1413  Death of Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) on this day in history.  

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