Famous Deaths In December - 06

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on this day in history.  

1185  On December - 06 afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76  

1352  On this day in history clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies  

1531  On this day in history death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded  

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1562  On this day in history jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies  

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on this day in history.  

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on this day in history.  

1640  On this day in history matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75  

1651  On December - 06 anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68  

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1658  On this day in history gracian, writer, dies  

1716  On this day in history death of benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642)  

1718  Death of Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674) on December - 06.  

1746  On this day in history death of lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665)  

1771  On this day in history death of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682)  

1779  Death of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699) on this day in history.  

1788  Death of Jonathan Shipley, British bishop and politician (b. 1714) on December - 06.  

1793  On this day in history death of marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded  

1799  On December - 06 joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71  

1834  Jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54 on December - 06.  

1855  Death of William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789) on December - 06.  

1865  Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1867  On this day in history giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71  

1868  Death of August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821) on this day in history.  

1869  On December - 06 jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54  

1873  On December - 06 manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24  

1879  Death of Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814) on this day in history.  

1882  A Trollope, writer, dies on December - 06.  

1889  Jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1892  E Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1903  On December - 06 frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54  

1914  Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47 on December - 06.  

1920  Karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57 on December - 06.  

1924  On this day in history death of gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)  

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0846  On this day in history birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)  

1285  On this day in history birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)  

1421  On December - 06 birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)  

1478  On December - 06 birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)  

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1586  On December - 06 birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)  

1608  On this day in history birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland  

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on December - 06.