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  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on this day in history.  

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

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on December - 06.  

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on December - 06.  

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

1618  On this day in history 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 December - 06.  

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

1716  On December - 06 death of benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642)  

1718  On December - 06 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 this day in history death of jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)  

1788  On this day in history 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  On December - 06 joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71  

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

1855  Death of William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789) on December - 06.  

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  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  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 this day in history.  

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  E Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1903  On this day in history frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54  

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

1920  On this day in history 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  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 December - 06.  

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

1637  On December - 06 birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)