Famous Deaths Happened In December - 06

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on this day in history.   

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1352  On this day in history clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies   

1531  On this day in history death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  On December - 06 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48   

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on this day in history.   

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on this day in history.   

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on December - 06.   

1640  Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75 on December - 06.   

1651  Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1658  Gracian, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1716  Death of Benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642) on December - 06.   

1718  On December - 06 death of nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674)   

1746  Death of Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665) on December - 06.   

1771  On this day in history death of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682)   

1779  Death of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699) on December - 06.   

1788  On this day in history death of jonathan Shipley, British bishop and politician (b. 1714)   

1793  Death of Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded on this day in history.   

1799  Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1834  On this day in history jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54   

1855  On December - 06 death of william John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789)   

1865  Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56 on December - 06.   

1867  On this day in history giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71   

1868  Death of August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821) on December - 06.   

1869  Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 on December - 06.   

1873  On this day in history manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24   

1879  On December - 06 death of erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814)   

1882  A Trollope, writer, dies on December - 06.   

1889  Jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1892  On December - 06 e Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75   

1903  Frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54 on December - 06.   

1914  Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47 on December - 06.   

1920  Karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57 on December - 06.   

1924  On this day in history death of gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)   

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0846  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on December - 06.   

1285  On this day in history birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)   

1421  On this day in history birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)   

1478  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on December - 06.   

1550  On this day in history birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

1586  On December - 06 birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)   

1608  On December - 06 birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland   

1637  On December - 06 birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)