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

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

1550  On December - 06 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48   

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 December - 06 matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75   

1651  Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68 on December - 06.   

1658  Gracian, writer, dies on December - 06.   

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 December - 06.   

1746  On December - 06 death of lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665)   

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 December - 06.   

1788  Death of Jonathan Shipley, British bishop and politician (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1793  Death of Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded on December - 06.   

1799  Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71 on December - 06.   

1834  On this day in history jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54   

1855  On this day in history death of william John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789)   

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

1867  On December - 06 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 December - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1882  A Trollope, writer, dies on December - 06.   

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

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

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

1924  Death of Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863) on December - 06.   

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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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 06 birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

1586  On December - 06 birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)   

1608  On December - 06 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.