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  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 this day in history.   

1640  On December - 06 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  Death of Benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642) on December - 06.   

1718  Death of Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674) on this day in history.   

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

1771  On December - 06 death of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682)   

1779  Death of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699) on this day in history.   

1788  Death of Jonathan Shipley, British bishop and politician (b. 1714) on December - 06.   

1793  On December - 06 death of marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded   

1799  Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71 on December - 06.   

1834  Jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1867  Giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71 on December - 06.   

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

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

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

1879  Death of Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814) on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history a Trollope, writer, dies   

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

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

1924  Death of Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

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

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

1421  On December - 06 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 this day in history birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)   

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on December - 06.   

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