Famous Deaths Happened In December - 06
Friday, 30 January 2026
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 Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on December - 06. 

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

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

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

1598 Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on December - 06. 

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

1658 On December - 06 gracian, writer, dies 

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 this day in history. 

1746 On December - 06 death of lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665) 

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

1779 Death of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699) on December - 06. 

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 December - 06. 

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

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 December - 06. 

1869 On December - 06 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 On December - 06 death of erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814) 

1882 On this day in history a Trollope, writer, dies 

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

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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