Famous Birthdays In October - 06

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

1459  Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) was born on October - 06.  

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

1510  On this day in history birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)  

1552  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) was born on this day in history.  

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  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)  

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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 October - 06 birth of henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)  

1773  On October - 06 birth of king Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)  

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

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

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  Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63) was born on this day in history.  

1816  William Batchelder Bradbury, composer was born on October - 06.  

1818  Joseph Rummel, composer was born on October - 06.  

1819  Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer was born on October - 06.  

1820  Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.  

1824  Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)  

1846  George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US was born on this day in history.  

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

1849  Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" was born on October - 06.  

1860  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1866  On this day in history 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  On October - 06 samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies  

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 October - 06 alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies  

1413  On October - 06 death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)  

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