Famous Birthdays In October - 06
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
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 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 this day in history.
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.
1706 On this day in history birth of pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- )
1716 On October - 06 birth of george Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)
1738 On October - 06 birth of archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)
1744 On October - 06 birth of james McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)
1767 Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.
1773 King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.
1777 On October - 06 birth of william Russell, composer
1801 Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888) was born on this day in history.
1803 Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879) was born on this day in history.
1806 On this day in history birth of andreas Randel, composer
1808 On October - 06 birth of frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63)
1816 William Batchelder Bradbury, composer was born on October - 06.
1818 Joseph Rummel, composer was born on this day in history.
1819 On this day in history birth of willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer
1820 On October - 06 birth of jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)
1824 Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book was born on October - 06.
1827 On October - 06 birth of cark Reidel, composer
1831 J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) was born on October - 06.
1838 Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910) was born on October - 06.
1846 George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US was born on this day in history.
1847 Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor was born on this day in history.
1849 On this day in history birth of basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"
1860 On this day in history birth of oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao)
1860 On October - 06 birth of reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch foreign minister (1908-13)
1862 On this day in history birth of albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)
1866 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music was born on October - 06.