Famous Deaths Happened In December - 06
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
0343 Death of Saint Nicholas on this day in history. 

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

1352 On December - 06 clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies 

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

1550 On December - 06 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 

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

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 Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75 on this day in history. 

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

1658 On December - 06 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 this day in history. 

1746 On December - 06 death of lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665) 

1771 Death of Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682) on December - 06. 

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

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

1793 On December - 06 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 Death of William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789) on December - 06. 

1865 On December - 06 sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56 

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

1868 On December - 06 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 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 this day in history. 

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

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

1903 Frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history. 

1914 Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47 on this day in history. 

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

1924 Death of Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863) on December - 06. 

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