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 October - 06.  

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on October - 06.  

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  Death of Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) on this day in history.  

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  

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

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

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  On this day in history jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77  

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

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

1873  On this day in history death of sir PaweÅ‚ Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797)  

1874  Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50 on October - 06.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1920  On October - 06 alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer/conductor (Artemis), dies at 56  

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

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

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

1552  On October - 06 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  Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on this day in history.  

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