Famous Deaths In October - 06

0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on October - 06.   

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

1014  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on October - 06.   

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

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on October - 06.   

1214  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1585  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor, dies on October - 06.   

1641  On this day in history matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle   

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 October - 06.   

1661  On this day in history death of guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru   

1688  Death of Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b. 1652) on October - 06.   

1762  Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1786  On October - 06 antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer, dies at 56   

1819  On this day in history charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies   

1829  On this day in history 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 October - 06.   

1861  Elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84 on October - 06.   

1868  Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1873  On October - 06 death of sir PaweÅ‚ Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797)   

1874  On this day in history thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50   

1880  Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies on October - 06.   

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  On this day in history ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer, dies   

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 October - 06.   

1924  On this day in history jacques Oppenheim, lawyer, dies at 75   

1926  Charles Van de Banks, Flemish writer/poet (Red Horse), dies on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1510  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on October - 06.   

1510  On October - 06 birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)   

1552  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer