Famous Birthdays In October - 06
Wednesday, 11 December 2024
1289 King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) was born on this day in history.
1459 Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) was born on October - 06.
1510 On this day in history birth of rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)
1510 John Caius, English physician (d. 1573) was born on October - 06.
1552 On October - 06 birth of matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China)
1573 On October - 06 birth of henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)
1610 Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690) was born on October - 06.
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 October - 06 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 October - 06.
1767 Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820) was born on October - 06.
1773 King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.
1777 William Russell, composer was born on October - 06.
1801 On this day in history birth of hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)
1803 On this day in history birth of heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)
1806 Andreas Randel, composer was born on this day in history.
1808 Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (1848-63) was born on this day in history.
1816 William Batchelder Bradbury, composer was born on this day in history.
1818 On October - 06 birth of joseph Rummel, composer
1819 Willem A Scholten, Dutch potato-flour manufacturer was born on this day in history.
1820 Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.
1824 On October - 06 birth of henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book
1827 Cark Reidel, composer was born on this day in history.
1831 J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) was born on this day in history.
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 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 October - 06.
1862 On October - 06 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