Famous Birthdays In October - 06

1289  King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on October - 06.   

1459  On this day in history birth of martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)   

1510  On this day in history 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  Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on this day in history.   

1610  On October - 06 birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)   

1618  On this day in history birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer   

1706  On this day in history birth of pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- )   

1716  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1773  King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850) was born on October - 06.   

1777  On this day in history birth of william Russell, composer   

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  On this day in history birth of andreas Randel, composer   

1808  Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63) was born on October - 06.   

1816  William Batchelder Bradbury, composer was born on October - 06.   

1818  Joseph Rummel, composer was born on October - 06.   

1819  On this day in history birth of willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer   

1820  On this day in history birth of jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)   

1824  Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book was born on this day in history.   

1827  Cark Reidel, composer was born on October - 06.   

1831  J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) was born on October - 06.   

1838  On October - 06 birth of giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)   

1846  On October - 06 birth of george Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US   

1847  On this day in history birth of adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor   

1849  Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" was born on this day in history.   

1860  On October - 06 birth of oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao)   

1860  On October - 06 birth of reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch foreign minister (1908-13)   

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.   

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0404  On this day in history eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies   

0877  On this day in history charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54   

1014  Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies on this day in history.   

1072  On this day in history death of sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered   

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on this day in history.   

1214  On this day in history alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies   

1413  On this day in history death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)   

1542  On this day in history death of thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)