Famous Deaths Happened In December - 06

0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas   

1185  On December - 06 afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76   

1352  On December - 06 clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies   

1531  Death of John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded on this day in history.   

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  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  On December - 06 matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75   

1651  Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68 on December - 06.   

1658  On December - 06 gracian, writer, dies   

1716  On this day in history 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  Death of Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665) on December - 06.   

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

1779  Death of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history death of william John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789)   

1865  Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

1868  On this day in history 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  Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24 on this day in history.   

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

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

1920  On December - 06 karel Kovarovic, composer, dies at 57   

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

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0846  On this day in history birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)   

1285  On this day in history birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)   

1421  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on this day in history.   

1478  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on this day in history.   

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

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

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

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