Famous Deaths In December - 06

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on this day in history.  

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1352  On this day in history clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies  

1531  On December - 06 death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded  

1550  On this day in history pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48  

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75  

1651  Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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1658  On December - 06 gracian, writer, dies  

1716  On this day in history death of benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642)  

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

1746  On this day in history death of lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665)  

1771  On this day in history death of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682)  

1779  On December - 06 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  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 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  Giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1868  Death of August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821) on this day in history.  

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

1873  On December - 06 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  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  Frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54 on December - 06.  

1914  On December - 06 eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47  

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

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

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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 December - 06.  

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  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on December - 06.  

1586  On this day in history birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)  

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)