Famous Deaths Happened In December - 06

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 this day in history jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on December - 06.   

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 December - 06 anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68   

1658  Gracian, writer, dies on December - 06.   

1716  Death of Benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642) on December - 06.   

1718  On this day in history death of nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674)   

1746  On December - 06 death of lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665)   

1771  On this day in history death of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682)   

1779  Death of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699) on December - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of william John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789)   

1865  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54   

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 December - 06.   

1882  A Trollope, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81   

1892  On this day in history e Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75   

1903  Frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54 on December - 06.   

1914  Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47 on December - 06.   

1920  Karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57 on December - 06.   

1924  Death of Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863) on December - 06.   

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0846  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on this day in history.   

1285  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on this day in history.   

1421  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on December - 06.   

1478  On this day in history birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)   

1550  On this day in history birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

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

1608  On December - 06 birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland   

1637  On December - 06 birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)