Famous Personalities Born In October - 06
Friday, 18 April 2025
1289 On this day in history birth of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)
1459 Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) was born on this day in history.
1510 On October - 06 birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)
1510 John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.
1552 Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) was born on this day in history.
1573 On this day in history 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 October - 06.
1618 Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on this day in history.
1706 On October - 06 birth of pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- )
1716 On October - 06 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 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 On October - 06 birth of king Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)
1777 William Russell, composer was born on October - 06.
1801 Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888) was born on this day in history.
1803 On this day in history birth of heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)
1806 Andreas Randel, composer was born on October - 06.
1808 On this day in history birth of frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63)
1816 On October - 06 birth of william Batchelder Bradbury, composer
1818 On this day in history birth of joseph Rummel, composer
1819 On this day in history birth of willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer
1820 Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.
1824 On this day in history birth of henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book
1827 On this day in history birth of cark Reidel, composer
1831 On October - 06 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 October - 06.
1846 George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US was born on October - 06.
1847 Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor was born on this day in history.
1849 Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" was born on this day in history.
1860 Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao) was born on October - 06.
1860 Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch foreign minister (1908-13) was born on this day in history.
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.