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  On this day in history birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)  

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  On this day in history birth of henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)  

1610  Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on this day in history.  

1618  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on October - 06.  

1706  Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- ) was born on this day in history.  

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

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1738  On October - 06 birth of archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)  

1744  James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813) was born on October - 06.  

1767  Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.  

1773  King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850) was born on October - 06.  

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

1801  On this day in history birth of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)  

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

1806  On this day in history birth of andreas Randel, composer  

1808  On this day in history birth of frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63)  

1816  On this day in history birth of william Batchelder Bradbury, composer  

1818  Joseph Rummel, composer was born on this day in history.  

1819  On this day in history birth of willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer  

1820  On October - 06 birth of jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)  

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

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  On this day in history 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  Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor was born on October - 06.  

1849  On this day in history 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  Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music was born on October - 06.  

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0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on October - 06.  

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

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  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on this day in history.  

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

1413  On this day in history death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)  

1542  On October - 06 death of thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)