Famous Deaths Happened In December - 06

0343  On December - 06 death of saint Nicholas   

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

1352  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on December - 06.   

1531  Death of John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded on December - 06.   

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1562  On December - 06 jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

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

1618  On December - 06 death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)   

1640  On this day in history matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75   

1651  On December - 06 anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68   

1658  On this day in history gracian, writer, dies   

1716  On this day in history death of benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642)   

1718  On this day in history death of nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674)   

1746  On December - 06 death of lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665)   

1771  Death of Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682) on this day in history.   

1779  On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)   

1788  Death of Jonathan Shipley, British bishop and politician (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1793  Death of Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded on December - 06.   

1799  On December - 06 joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71   

1834  On December - 06 jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54   

1855  On this day in history death of william John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789)   

1865  On December - 06 sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56   

1867  On December - 06 giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71   

1868  Death of August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54   

1873  Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24 on this day in history.   

1879  Death of Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814) on December - 06.   

1882  A Trollope, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1889  Jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81 on December - 06.   

1892  E Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54   

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

1920  On December - 06 karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57   

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

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0846  On December - 06 birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)   

1285  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on December - 06.   

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

1478  On this day in history birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)   

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

1586  On this day in history birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)   

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

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.