Famous Deaths In December - 06

0343  On December - 06 death of saint Nicholas  

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on December - 06.  

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

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

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

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on December - 06.  

1640  Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

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1658  On this day in history gracian, writer, dies  

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

1718  On this day in history 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  Death of Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682) on this day in history.  

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

1788  On this day in history 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  On this day in history joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71  

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

1855  On December - 06 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  Giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71 on December - 06.  

1868  On this day in history 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  Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24 on this day in history.  

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

1882  A Trollope, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1889  On December - 06 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  Frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54 on December - 06.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history 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 December - 06.  

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  On this day in history birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)