Famous Deaths In December - 06
Friday, 26 July 2024
0343 Death of Saint Nicholas on this day in history.
1185 On this day in history afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76
1352 On this day in history clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies
1531 On this day in history death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded
1550 Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on December - 06.
1562 On December - 06 jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies
1598 On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78
1618 On December - 06 death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
1640 On December - 06 matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75
1651 On December - 06 anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68
1658 On December - 06 gracian, writer, dies
1716 On December - 06 death of benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642)
1718 On December - 06 death of nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674)
1746 On this day in history death of lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665)
1771 Death of Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682) on December - 06.
1779 On December - 06 death of jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
1788 Death of Jonathan Shipley, British bishop and politician (b. 1714) on December - 06.
1793 Death of Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded on December - 06.
1799 On this day in history joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71
1834 Jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54 on December - 06.
1855 On December - 06 death of william John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789)
1865 Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56 on December - 06.
1867 On December - 06 giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71
1868 Death of August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821) on this day in history.
1869 Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 on December - 06.
1873 On this day in history manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24
1879 Death of Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814) on this day in history.
1882 On this day in history a Trollope, writer, dies
1889 Jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81 on this day in history.
1892 E Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75 on December - 06.
1903 On this day in history frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54
1914 Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47 on this day in history.
1920 Karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1924 On this day in history death of gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)
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