Famous Deaths In December - 06

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on December - 06.  

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1352  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on December - 06.  

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

1550  On this day in history pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48  

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on December - 06.  

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on December - 06.  

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on December - 06.  

1640  Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75 on December - 06.  

1651  Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68 on December - 06.  

1658  Gracian, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1716  Death of Benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642) on this day in history.  

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 December - 06 death of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682)  

1779  Death of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699) on December - 06.  

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

1793  Death of Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded on December - 06.  

1799  Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1834  On this day in history jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54  

1855  Death of William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789) on this day in history.  

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

1867  Giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71 on December - 06.  

1868  On this day in history death of august Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821)  

1869  Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1873  Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24 on December - 06.  

1879  On December - 06 death of erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814)  

1882  On this day in history a Trollope, writer, dies  

1889  On December - 06 jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81  

1892  On December - 06 e Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75  

1903  On this day in history frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54  

1914  On December - 06 eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47  

1920  On December - 06 karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57  

1924  On December - 06 death of gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)  

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0846  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on this day in history.  

1285  On December - 06 birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)  

1421  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on this day in history.  

1478  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on this day in history.  

1550  On December - 06 birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer  

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

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on December - 06.  

1637  On this day in history birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)