Famous Deaths In December - 06

0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas  

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  On December - 06 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48  

1562  On December - 06 jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies  

1598  On December - 06 elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78  

1618  On December - 06 death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)  

1640  On December - 06 matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75  

1651  Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1658  On this day in history gracian, writer, dies  

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  On December - 06 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  Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71 on December - 06.  

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

1855  On this day in history death of william John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789)  

1865  On this day in history sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56  

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

1868  On December - 06 death of august Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821)  

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

1873  On this day in history manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24  

1879  On this day in history death of erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814)  

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 December - 06.  

1903  Frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54 on December - 06.  

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

1920  Karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

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0846  On December - 06 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  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on this day in history.  

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on December - 06.  

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

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

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.