Famous Deaths Happened In December - 06

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on December - 06.   

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

1352  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on this day in history.   

1531  On December - 06 death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on December - 06.   

1562  On December - 06 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  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  On December - 06 death of benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642)   

1718  On December - 06 death of nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674)   

1746  Death of Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665) on this day in history.   

1771  On December - 06 death of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682)   

1779  On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)   

1788  On December - 06 death of jonathan Shipley, British bishop and politician (b. 1714)   

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

1799  On this day in history joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71   

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  On December - 06 sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56   

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

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

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

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

1879  Death of Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814) on December - 06.   

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

1889  Jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81 on December - 06.   

1892  E Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75 on December - 06.   

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

1914  On this day in history eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47   

1920  On this day in history karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57   

1924  On this day in history 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 December - 06.   

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

1421  On this day in history birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)   

1478  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on December - 06.   

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

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

1608  On December - 06 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.