Famous Deaths Happened In December - 06

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on this day in history.   

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48   

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on December - 06.   

1598  On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on this day in history.   

1640  Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75 on December - 06.   

1651  On this day in history anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68   

1658  Gracian, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1716  Death of Benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642) on this day in history.   

1718  Death of Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674) on this day in history.   

1746  On this day in history death of lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665)   

1771  On December - 06 death of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682)   

1779  On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)   

1788  On December - 06 death of jonathan Shipley, British bishop and politician (b. 1714)   

1793  Death of Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded on December - 06.   

1799  On December - 06 joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71   

1834  Jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54 on December - 06.   

1855  Death of William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789) on December - 06.   

1865  On December - 06 sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56   

1867  On December - 06 giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71   

1868  On December - 06 death of august Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821)   

1869  Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 on December - 06.   

1873  Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24 on this day in history.   

1879  On December - 06 death of erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814)   

1882  A Trollope, writer, dies on December - 06.   

1889  Jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81 on December - 06.   

1892  E Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75 on December - 06.   

1903  On December - 06 frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54   

1914  On December - 06 eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47   

1920  Karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1924  Death of Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

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0846  On December - 06 birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)   

1285  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on December - 06.   

1421  On December - 06 birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)   

1478  On December - 06 birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)   

1550  On December - 06 birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on December - 06.   

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on December - 06.   

1637  On this day in history birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)