Famous Deaths In December - 06

0343  On this day in history 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 December - 06 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  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on December - 06.  

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on this day in history.  

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

1651  On December - 06 anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68  

1658  On this day in history gracian, writer, dies  

1716  On December - 06 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  Death of Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665) on December - 06.  

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

1779  On December - 06 death of jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)  

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

1793  Death of Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded on this day in history.  

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

1868  Death of August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821) on this day in history.  

1869  On December - 06 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  Death of Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814) on this day in history.  

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  E Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

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

1920  On December - 06 karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57  

1924  On this day in history 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  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  On December - 06 birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer  

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

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.