Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48   

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

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

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

1640  On December - 06 matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75   

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

1658  On December - 06 gracian, writer, dies   

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

1718  Death of Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674) on this day in history.   

1746  On December - 06 death of lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665)   

1771  On December - 06 death of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682)   

1779  Death of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699) on December - 06.   

1788  On December - 06 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  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 this day in history.   

1865  Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56 on December - 06.   

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

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

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

1873  Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24 on December - 06.   

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

1882  On this day in history a Trollope, writer, dies   

1889  On December - 06 jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81   

1892  On December - 06 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  On December - 06 karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57   

1924  On December - 06 death of gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)   

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0846  On this day in history birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)   

1285  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on December - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on December - 06.   

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

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)