Famous Deaths Happened In December - 06
Friday, 14 February 2025
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 this day in history 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 December - 06 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48
1562 On December - 06 jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies
1598 Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on December - 06.
1618 On this day in history 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 this day in history gracian, writer, dies
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 December - 06.
1746 Death of Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665) on December - 06.
1771 Death of Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682) on this day in history.
1779 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1855 Death of William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789) on this day in history.
1865 On December - 06 sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56
1867 Giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71 on December - 06.
1868 Death of August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821) on December - 06.
1869 Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 on this day in history.
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 On December - 06 a Trollope, writer, dies
1889 On December - 06 jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81
1892 E Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1903 On this day in history frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54
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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