Famous Birthdays In October - 06

1289  On October - 06 birth of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)   

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  On this day in history birth of john Caius, English physician (d. 1573)   

1552  On October - 06 birth of matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)   

1573  Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624) was born on this day in history.   

1610  Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on this day in history.   

1618  On October - 06 birth of miguel Gomez Camargo, composer   

1706  Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749- ) was born on this day in history.   

1716  On October - 06 birth of george Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)   

1738  Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789) was born on October - 06.   

1744  On this day in history birth of james McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)   

1767  On October - 06 birth of henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)   

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

1777  William Russell, composer was born on October - 06.   

1801  Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888) was born on October - 06.   

1803  On October - 06 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 this day in history.   

1816  On October - 06 birth of william Batchelder Bradbury, composer   

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

1819  On October - 06 birth of willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer   

1820  Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887) was born on October - 06.   

1824  On this day in history birth of henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book   

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

1831  On this day in history birth of j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)   

1838  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)   

1846  On this day in history birth of george Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US   

1847  Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor was born on October - 06.   

1849  On this day in history birth of basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"   

1860  Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao) was born on this day in history.   

1860  Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch foreign minister (1908-13) was born on October - 06.   

1862  On this day in history birth of albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)   

1866  On this day in history birth of reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music   

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0404  Eudoxia Aelia, empress of Austria, dies on this day in history.   

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

1014  On October - 06 samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies   

1072  On October - 06 death of sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered   

1101  Death of Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order on October - 06.   

1214  Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castile, dies on this day in history.   

1413  Death of Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) on October - 06.   

1542  On October - 06 death of thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)