Famous Deaths Happened In December - 06

0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas   

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

1352  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on December - 06.   

1531  Death of John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded on this day in history.   

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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

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

1618  On this day in history death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)   

1640  Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75 on December - 06.   

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

1658  On December - 06 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  Death of Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665) on December - 06.   

1771  On December - 06 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 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 this day in history.   

1865  Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 06.   

1873  Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24 on December - 06.   

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

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

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  On December - 06 frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54   

1914  On this day in history eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47   

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

1924  Death of Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

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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  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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