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  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 December - 06 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 this day in history matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75  

1651  On December - 06 anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68  

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

1716  Death of Benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642) on December - 06.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1779  On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)  

1788  Death of Jonathan Shipley, British bishop and politician (b. 1714) on this day in history.  

1793  On December - 06 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 December - 06 death of william John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789)  

1865  On December - 06 sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56  

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  Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81  

1892  On this day in history 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  Karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1421  On this day in history 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  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on this day in history.  

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