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

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

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on December - 06.  

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

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  

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1658  Gracian, writer, dies on December - 06.  

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

1718  Death of Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674) on December - 06.  

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 December - 06.  

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

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

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

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

1834  Jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54 on December - 06.  

1855  On December - 06 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 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  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  On this day in history death of erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814)  

1882  On December - 06 a Trollope, writer, dies  

1889  Jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81 on December - 06.  

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

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

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  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on this day in history.  

1421  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on December - 06.  

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

1550  On this day in history birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer  

1586  On December - 06 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 December - 06.