Famous Deaths In October - 06

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

0877  On this day in history charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54  

1014  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on October - 06.  

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

1101  On this day in history death of bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order  

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

1413  Death of Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) on October - 06.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1651  Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1661  On October - 06 death of guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru  

1688  Death of Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b. 1652) on this day in history.  

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

1786  On this day in history antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer, dies at 56  

1819  On October - 06 charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies  

1829  On October - 06 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 this day in history.  

1860  On October - 06 stephen Elvey, composer, dies at 55  

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

1868  Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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

1874  Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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

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

1892  Alfred Tennyson, writer, dies at 83 on October - 06.  

1905  Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer, dies on this day in history.  

1909  Dudley Buck, US organist/composer, dies at 70 on October - 06.  

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 this day in history.  

1924  On October - 06 jacques Oppenheim, lawyer, dies at 75  

1926  On October - 06 charles Van de Banks, Flemish writer/poet (Red Horse), dies  

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1289  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on this day in history.  

1459  Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.  

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  Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on October - 06.  

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

1618  On this day in history birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer