Famous Personalities Born 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 this day in history.   

1510  John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on October - 06.   

1552  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) was born on October - 06.   

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  On this day in history birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer   

1706  On this day in history birth of pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- )   

1716  George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850) was born on October - 06.   

1777  William Russell, composer was born on October - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1806  Andreas Randel, composer was born on October - 06.   

1808  On this day in history birth of frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63)   

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

1818  On October - 06 birth of joseph Rummel, composer   

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

1820  On October - 06 birth of jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)   

1824  On October - 06 birth of henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book   

1827  Cark Reidel, composer was born on October - 06.   

1831  J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) was born on this day in history.   

1838  Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910) was born on October - 06.   

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

1847  On this day in history birth of adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor   

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

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 this day in history.   

1862  Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive) was born on this day in history.   

1866  On October - 06 birth of reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music   

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

0877  Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54 on October - 06.   

1014  On this day in history samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies   

1072  On this day in history death of sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered   

1101  On this day in history death of bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order   

1214  On this day in history alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies   

1413  On this day in history death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)   

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