Famous Birthdays In October - 06
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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.