Famous Personalities Born In October - 06

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1618  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  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  Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888) was born on this day in history.   

1803  Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879) was born on October - 06.   

1806  Andreas Randel, composer was born on October - 06.   

1808  Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63) was born on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history birth of william Batchelder Bradbury, composer   

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  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  On this day in history birth of j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)   

1838  Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history 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  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 October - 06 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  On this day in history charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54   

1014  On October - 06 samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies   

1072  On October - 06 death of sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered   

1101  On October - 06 death of bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order   

1214  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on October - 06.   

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.