Famous Deaths In December - 06

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on December - 06.  

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  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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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 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 this day in history.  

1779  On December - 06 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 this day in history 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 December - 06 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  On December - 06 death of erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814)  

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

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  On this day in history frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54  

1914  Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47 on December - 06.  

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

1924  On December - 06 death of gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)  

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0846  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1608  On December - 06 birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland  

1637  On December - 06 birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)