Famous Birthdays In October - 06

1289  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on October - 06.  

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1744  On October - 06 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  On October - 06 birth of king Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)  

1777  On October - 06 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  Andreas Randel, composer was born on this day in history.  

1808  On October - 06 birth of frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63)  

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

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

1819  Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer was born on this day in history.  

1820  On October - 06 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  On October - 06 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  Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor was born on this day in history.  

1849  On this day in history birth of basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"  

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 October - 06 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 October - 06.  

1014  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on this day in history.  

1072  On October - 06 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  Death of Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) on this day in history.  

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