Famous Deaths In October - 06

0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on this day in history.  

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

1014  On October - 06 samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies  

1072  On this day in history death of sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered  

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on October - 06.  

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 October - 06.  

1585  On this day in history luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor, dies  

1641  On this day in history matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle  

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1644  On this day in history isabella van Bourbon, French princess of Henri IV, dies  

1651  Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47 on October - 06.  

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

1688  On this day in history death of christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b. 1652)  

1762  Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer, dies at 78 on October - 06.  

1786  On October - 06 antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer, dies at 56  

1819  Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies on October - 06.  

1829  Death of Pierre Derbigny, Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769) on this day in history.  

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

1855  On this day in history august L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75  

1860  Stephen Elvey, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1861  Elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84 on October - 06.  

1868  On this day in history leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51  

1873  Death of Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797) on October - 06.  

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

1880  On this day in history benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies  

1891  On October - 06 charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45  

1892  On October - 06 alfred Tennyson, writer, dies at 83  

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

1909  On October - 06 dudley Buck, US organist/composer, dies at 70  

1912  August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94, Nobel 1909), dies at 83 on October - 06.  

1920  Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer/conductor (Artemis), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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

1926  Charles Van de Banks, Flemish writer/poet (Red Horse), dies on October - 06.  

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1289  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on October - 06.  

1459  On October - 06 birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)  

1510  On this day in history birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)  

1510  On October - 06 birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)  

1552  On this day in history birth of matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)  

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

1610  On October - 06 birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)  

1618  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on October - 06.