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  On this day in history clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies  

1531  Death of John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded on December - 06.  

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

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on this day in history.  

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  

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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 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 December - 06.  

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

1793  On December - 06 death of marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded  

1799  On December - 06 joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71  

1834  Jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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  Death of August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821) on this day in history.  

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  A Trollope, writer, dies on December - 06.  

1889  On this day in history jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81  

1892  On this day in history 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  Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on December - 06.  

1421  On December - 06 birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)  

1478  On this day in history birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)  

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1586  On this day in history birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)  

1608  On this day in history 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.