Famous Deaths In December - 06

0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1658  Gracian, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1718  On December - 06 death of nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674)   

1746  Death of Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665) on this day in history.   

1771  On December - 06 death of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682)   

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  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 this day in history.   

1834  Jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1855  Death of William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789) on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56   

1867  Giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1868  Death of August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821) on December - 06.   

1869  On this day in history jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54   

1873  Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24 on December - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1914  Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 06.   

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  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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