Famous Personalities Born In October - 06
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1289 King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on October - 06.
1459 On October - 06 birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
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 October - 06 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 On this day in history birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)
1618 Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on October - 06.
1706 On October - 06 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 On this day in history 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 On October - 06 birth of henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)
1773 On this day in history birth of king Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)
1777 William Russell, composer was born on October - 06.
1801 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1808 Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63) was born on this day in history.
1816 William Batchelder Bradbury, composer was born on this day in history.
1818 Joseph Rummel, composer was born on this day in history.
1819 Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer was born on October - 06.
1820 Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887) was born on October - 06.
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 J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) was born on this day in history.
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 Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" was born on this day in history.
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 October - 06.
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.