Famous Personalities Born In October - 06
Friday, 21 February 2025
1289 King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on this day in history.
1459 On October - 06 birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
1510 Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on this day in history.
1510 John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on October - 06.
1552 On October - 06 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 October - 06.
1706 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- ) was born on this day in history.
1716 On this day in history birth of george Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)
1738 Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789) was born on October - 06.
1744 James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813) was born on this day in history.
1767 On October - 06 birth of henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)
1773 King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.
1777 On this day in history birth of william Russell, composer
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 On October - 06 birth of frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63)
1816 On October - 06 birth of william Batchelder Bradbury, composer
1818 Joseph Rummel, composer was born on October - 06.
1819 Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer was born on October - 06.
1820 On this day in history birth of jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)
1824 On this day in history birth of henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book
1827 Cark Reidel, composer was born on October - 06.
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 this day in history.
1846 On October - 06 birth of george Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US
1847 On October - 06 birth of adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor
1849 On October - 06 birth of basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"
1860 On October - 06 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 October - 06 birth of albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)
1866 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music was born on October - 06.