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

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  On October - 06 birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)   

1618  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on this day in history.   

1706  On October - 06 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)   

1738  Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789) was born on October - 06.   

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 October - 06.   

1777  On this day in history birth of william Russell, composer   

1801  On October - 06 birth of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)   

1803  On October - 06 birth of heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)   

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

1820  Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887) was born on October - 06.   

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  On October - 06 birth of j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)   

1838  Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.   

1846  On October - 06 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  On October - 06 birth of oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao)   

1860  On October - 06 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  Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music was born on this day in history.   

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0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on this day in history.   

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

1014  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on October - 06.   

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on this day in history.   

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on October - 06.   

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 this day in history.