Famous Deaths In December - 06

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on December - 06.   

1185  On December - 06 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  On this day in history death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  On this day in history pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48   

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

1598  On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

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 this day in history.   

1651  On this day in history anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68   

1658  Gracian, writer, dies on December - 06.   

1716  Death of Benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history 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  Death of William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789) on December - 06.   

1865  On this day in history sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56   

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

1868  On this day in history death of august Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821)   

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

1882  On December - 06 a Trollope, writer, dies   

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

1892  On this day in history e Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75   

1903  On December - 06 frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54   

1914  On December - 06 eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47   

1920  On this day in history karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57   

1924  Death of Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863) on December - 06.   

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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  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on December - 06.   

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  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on December - 06.   

1608  On this day in history 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.