Famous Birthdays In October - 06

1289  On this day in history 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  Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555) was born on October - 06.   

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  On this day in history birth of henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)   

1610  On this day in history birth of charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)   

1618  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer was born on October - 06.   

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

1716  On this day in history birth of george Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)   

1738  On October - 06 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  On October - 06 birth of henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)   

1773  On this day in history birth of king Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)   

1777  William Russell, composer was born on this day in history.   

1801  On October - 06 birth of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)   

1803  On October - 06 birth of heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)   

1806  Andreas Randel, composer was born on October - 06.   

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

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

1818  On October - 06 birth of joseph Rummel, composer   

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  Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book was born on October - 06.   

1827  Cark Reidel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1831  On October - 06 birth of j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)   

1838  Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.   

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

1847  On October - 06 birth of adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor   

1849  Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death" was born on October - 06.   

1860  Oscar L Helfrich, Dutch governor (Curacao) was born on October - 06.   

1860  Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch foreign minister (1908-13) was born on this day in history.   

1862  On October - 06 birth of albert Jeremiah Beveridge, US, politician/author (Progressive)   

1866  On October - 06 birth of reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music   

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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 October - 06.   

1072  Death of Sancho II, king of Castile (1065-72), murdered on this day in history.   

1101  On October - 06 death of bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order   

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

1413  On October - 06 death of dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)   

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