Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1658  Gracian, writer, dies on December - 06.  

1716  Death of Benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642) on this day in history.  

1718  On December - 06 death of nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674)  

1746  On December - 06 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  On December - 06 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  Death of Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded on this day in history.  

1799  Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1834  On this day in history jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54  

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 this day in history.  

1867  On this day in history giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71  

1868  On December - 06 death of august Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821)  

1869  Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 on December - 06.  

1873  On December - 06 manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24  

1879  On December - 06 death of erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814)  

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  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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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0846  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on December - 06.  

1285  On December - 06 birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)  

1421  On December - 06 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  On this day in history birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer  

1586  On December - 06 birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)  

1608  On December - 06 birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland  

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