Famous Personalities Born In October - 06

1289  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on October - 06.   

1459  Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) was born on October - 06.   

1510  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on this day in history.   

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

1610  Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on this day in history.   

1618  On October - 06 birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer   

1706  On this day in history birth of pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- )   

1716  George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771) was born on October - 06.   

1738  Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789) was born on this day in history.   

1744  James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813) was born on this day in history.   

1767  Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820) was born on October - 06.   

1773  King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850) was born on October - 06.   

1777  William Russell, composer was born on this day in history.   

1801  On October - 06 birth of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)   

1803  Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879) was born on this day in history.   

1806  Andreas Randel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1808  Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63) was born on October - 06.   

1816  On October - 06 birth of william Batchelder Bradbury, composer   

1818  Joseph Rummel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1819  Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer was born on this day in history.   

1820  Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887) was born on October - 06.   

1824  On October - 06 birth of henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book   

1827  On this day in history birth of cark Reidel, composer   

1831  J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) was born on this day in history.   

1838  Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910) was born on October - 06.   

1846  On October - 06 birth of george Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US   

1847  On this day in history birth of adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor   

1849  On this day in history birth of basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"   

1860  On October - 06 birth of oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao)   

1860  Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch foreign minister (1908-13) was born on October - 06.   

1862  On this day in history birth of albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)   

1866  On this day in history birth of reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music   

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0404  On this day in history eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies   

0877  Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54 on October - 06.   

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

1542  On this day in history death of thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)