This Day in History : [ 06 / Sep ]

Emanuel van Meteren Flemish merchant and historian born in Antwerp (d. 1612)

Isabella Leonarda Italian religious composer born in Novara Italy (d. 1704)

Pierre Verdier French composer working in Sweden born in Paris (d. 1706)

Sebastian Knupfer German composer born in A Czech Republic (d. 1676)

Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles Spanish organist and composer born in Algemes Spain (d. 1712)

Johann Schelle German composer born in Geising (d. 1701)

Guillaume Dubois French cardinal and statesman born in Brive-la-Gaillarde France (d. 1723)

Willem Gideon Deutz Amsterdam regent banker and merchant born in Amsterdam (d. 1757)

Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber German composer born in Wenigenehrich Germany (d. 1775)

Henry Muhlenberg German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church born in Einbeck Germany (d. 1787)

Moses Mendelssohn German Jewish enlightenment philosopher (Haksalah) born in Dessau Principality of Anhalt (d. 1786)

Johan Wilcke Swedish physicist born in Wismar Germany (d. 1796)

Theodorus F van Capellen Dutch vice-admiral (Algiers) born in Nijmegen Dutch Republic (d. 1824)

John Dalton English physicist developed atomic theory of matter born in Eaglesfield England (d. 1844)

Anton Diabelli Austria publisher and composer born in Mattsee Austria (d. 1858)

Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow German painter (Modern Vasari) born in Berlin (d. 1862)

Frances Wright Scottish writer and lecturer born in Dundee Scotland (d. 1852)

Wililam Extra Billy Smith American lawyer and Confederacy (Confederate Army) born in King George County Virginia (d. 1887)

Alcide dOrbigny French naturalist born in Couron France (d. 1857)

Horatio Greenough American neo-classical sculptor and writer (Form & Function) born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1852)

Emir Abdelkader Algerian political and military leader born in Mascara Algeria (d. 1883)

James Melville Gilliss American astronomer and Founder of Naval Observatory in Washington born in Georgetown Washington (d. 1865)

Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans Flemish author (Rozeken Pot) born in Auderghem Belgium (d. 1890)

George Cartier Canadian co-PM (1858-62) born in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu Quebec Canada (d. 1873)

St. John Richardson Liddell American Civil War Confederate General born in Wilkinson County Mississippi (d. 1870)

Francis Stebbins Bartow Confederate colonel born in Chatham County Georgia (d. 1861)

Alexander Tilloch Galt Canadian politician a father of Canadian Confederation born in Chelsea England (d. 1893)

Carl Ferdinand Pohl German-Austrian music historian and composer born in Darmstadt Hesse Germany (d. 1887)

Nicolae Filimon Romanian writer and critic (Ciocoii Vechi Si Noi) born in Bucharest Romania (d. 1865)

William Starke Rosecrans American inventor politician and US Army General (Union Army) born in Delaware County Ohio (d. 1898)

Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov Russian composer born in Chufarovo Russia (d. 1894)

John Morrison Oliver American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Penn Yan New York (d. 1872)

Marie Zakrzewska Polish physician born in Berlin Germany (d. 1902)