Famous Birthdays In October - 06

1289  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on this day in history.  

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

1510  On October - 06 birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)  

1510  On October - 06 birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)  

1552  On this day in history birth of matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)  

1573  On October - 06 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  On October - 06 birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer  

1706  Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- ) was born on October - 06.  

1716  On October - 06 birth of george Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)  

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1738  On this day in history birth of archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)  

1744  On this day in history 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  King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of andreas Randel, composer  

1808  Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1819  On October - 06 birth of willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer  

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  On this day in history birth of cark Reidel, composer  

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 October - 06.  

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

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

1014  On October - 06 samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies  

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  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on this day in history.  

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.