Famous Deaths Happened In December - 06

0343  On December - 06 death of saint Nicholas   

1185  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

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

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

1598  On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

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

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

1651  On this day in history anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68   

1658  On this day in history gracian, writer, dies   

1716  Death of Benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642) on December - 06.   

1718  Death of Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674) on this day in history.   

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

1771  Death of Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1793  On December - 06 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 December - 06.   

1865  Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56 on December - 06.   

1867  Giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 06.   

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

1889  On this day in history 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 December - 06 frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54   

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

1920  On this day in history 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 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  On December - 06 birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)   

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 December - 06.