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 December - 06.  

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

1531  On this day in history death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded  

1550  On December - 06 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48  

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

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

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on this day in history.  

1640  Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75 on December - 06.  

1651  Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68 on December - 06.  

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

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

1771  Death of Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682) on December - 06.  

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 December - 06.  

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 December - 06.  

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

1867  Giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71 on December - 06.  

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

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

1873  On this day in history manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24  

1879  Death of Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814) on December - 06.  

1882  On December - 06 a Trollope, writer, dies  

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 December - 06.  

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

1914  Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47 on December - 06.  

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  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on December - 06.  

1285  On this day in history birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)  

1421  On this day in history birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)  

1478  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on December - 06.  

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.  

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on December - 06.  

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.