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 this day in history.  

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

1214  On October - 06 alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies  

1413  On October - 06 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  On October - 06 matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle  

1644  Isabella van Bourbon, French princess of Henri IV, dies on October - 06.  

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

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

1688  On October - 06 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 this day in history.  

1829  On October - 06 death of pierre Derbigny, Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)  

1837  Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77 on October - 06.  

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

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

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

1874  On October - 06 thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50  

1880  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1909  Dudley Buck, US organist/composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1912  On this day in history 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  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  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 October - 06.  

1510  On October - 06 birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)  

1510  John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.  

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

1573  Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on October - 06.  

1610  On this day in history birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)  

1618  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on this day in history.