Famous Deaths In October - 06

0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on October - 06.  

0877  Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54 on October - 06.  

1014  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on this day in history.  

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on this day in history.  

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on this day in history.  

1214  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on October - 06.  

1413  On this day in history death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)  

1542  Death of Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503) on this day in history.  

1585  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor, dies on this day in history.  

1641  Matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle on October - 06.  

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1644  Isabella van Bourbon, French princess of Henri IV, dies on this day in history.  

1651  On October - 06 heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47  

1661  Death of Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru on October - 06.  

1688  On October - 06 death of christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b. 1652)  

1762  On October - 06 francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer, dies at 78  

1786  Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1819  On this day in history charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies  

1829  On this day in history death of pierre Derbigny, Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)  

1837  Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1855  August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75 on October - 06.  

1860  Stephen Elvey, composer, dies at 55 on October - 06.  

1861  On this day in history elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84  

1868  Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51 on October - 06.  

1873  Death of Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797) on this day in history.  

1874  On this day in history thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50  

1880  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies on October - 06.  

1891  Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45 on October - 06.  

1892  Alfred Tennyson, writer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1905  Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer, dies on October - 06.  

1909  On this day in history dudley Buck, US organist/composer, dies at 70  

1912  On October - 06 august Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94, Nobel 1909), dies at 83  

1920  Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer/conductor (Artemis), dies at 56 on October - 06.  

1924  Jacques Oppenheim, lawyer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1926  On this day in history charles Van de Banks, Flemish writer/poet (Red Horse), dies  

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1289  On October - 06 birth of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)  

1459  On this day in history birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)  

1510  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on October - 06.  

1510  John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on October - 06.  

1552  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) was born on this day in history.  

1573  On October - 06 birth of henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)  

1610  Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on October - 06.  

1618  On October - 06 birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer