Famous Deaths In December - 06

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on December - 06.  

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

1562  On this day in history jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies  

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on this day in history.  

1618  On December - 06 death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)  

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

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

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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 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 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 this day in history.  

1834  Jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54 on December - 06.  

1855  On this day in history 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  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 December - 06.  

1873  Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24 on this day in history.  

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

1882  A Trollope, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1889  Jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81 on December - 06.  

1892  On this day in history e Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75  

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  Karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57 on December - 06.  

1924  On this day in history death of gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)  

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0846  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on this day in history.  

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

1421  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on December - 06.  

1478  On this day in history birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)  

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

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

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on this day in history.  

1637  On this day in history birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)