Famous Deaths In December - 06

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on this day in history.  

1185  On December - 06 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 this day in history death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded  

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

1562  On December - 06 jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies  

1598  On December - 06 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  

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1658  On this day in history gracian, writer, dies  

1716  Death of Benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642) on this day in history.  

1718  On this day in history death of nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674)  

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  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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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  Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 on December - 06.  

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 December - 06.  

1882  A Trollope, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1889  On December - 06 jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81  

1892  On December - 06 e Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75  

1903  On December - 06 frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54  

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

1920  Karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57 on December - 06.  

1924  On this day in history death of gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)  

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0846  On this day in history 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 December - 06 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  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on December - 06.  

1608  On this day in history birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland  

1637  On this day in history birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)