Famous Deaths In December - 06

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on this day in history.   

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on December - 06.   

1352  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on December - 06.   

1531  On December - 06 death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  On this day in history pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48   

1562  On this day in history jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

1598  On December - 06 elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

1618  On December - 06 death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)   

1640  On this day in history matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75   

1651  Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1658  On December - 06 gracian, writer, dies   

1716  Death of Benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642) on December - 06.   

1718  On December - 06 death of nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674)   

1746  Death of Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665) on December - 06.   

1771  Death of Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682) on December - 06.   

1779  On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)   

1788  Death of Jonathan Shipley, British bishop and politician (b. 1714) on December - 06.   

1793  On this day in history death of marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded   

1799  Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1834  Jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54 on December - 06.   

1855  Death of William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789) on December - 06.   

1865  On December - 06 sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56   

1867  Giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71 on December - 06.   

1868  Death of August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1869  Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1873  Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24 on December - 06.   

1879  On this day in history death of erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814)   

1882  A Trollope, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1889  Jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81 on December - 06.   

1892  E Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54   

1914  On December - 06 eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47   

1920  On this day in history karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57   

1924  Death of Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863) on December - 06.   

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0846  On this day in history birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)   

1285  On this day in history birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)   

1421  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on this day in history.   

1478  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on December - 06.   

1550  On this day in history birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on this day in history.   

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on December - 06.