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

1531  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

1598  On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on December - 06.   

1640  On December - 06 matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75   

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

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 December - 06.   

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

1771  Death of Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1793  Death of Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71   

1834  On December - 06 jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54   

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 December - 06.   

1868  On this day in history death of august Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821)   

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  Death of Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814) on December - 06.   

1882  On December - 06 a Trollope, writer, dies   

1889  On December - 06 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  Frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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0846  On December - 06 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  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on this day in history.   

1478  On December - 06 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  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.