Famous Deaths In October - 06

0404  On this day in history eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies  

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

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

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

1101  On October - 06 death of bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order  

1214  On this day in history alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies  

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  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  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 this day in history.  

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

1829  Death of Pierre Derbigny, Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769) on October - 06.  

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

1861  On October - 06 elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84  

1868  On October - 06 leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51  

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

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

1880  On October - 06 benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies  

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

1892  On this day in history alfred Tennyson, writer, dies at 83  

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  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 October - 06.  

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

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1289  On this day in history birth of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)  

1459  Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) was born on October - 06.  

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

1510  On this day in history birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)  

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 this day in history.  

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