This Day in History : [ 06 / Nov ]

Edmund de Mortimer 5th Earl of March English politician born in New Forest Westmeath Ireland (d. 1425)

Johanna the Insane Queen of Castile (1504-20) born in Toledo Spain (d. 1555)

Karin Mnsdotter Queen of Sweden born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1612)

Julien Perrichon French composer born in Paris (d. 1600)

Sigmund Theophil Staden German composer born in Kulmbach Germany (d. 1655)

Luis de Garay Spanish composer born in Villa de Veteta (d. 1673)

Theodor Schwartzkopff German composer born in Ulm Germany (d. 1732)

Charles II of Spain last Habsburg king of Spain (reigns 1665-1700) born in Royal Alcazar of Madrid Spain (d. 1700)

Colley Cibber English actor dramatist and Poet Laureate (1730-57) born in London (d. 1757)

Louis Racine French poet (La Religion) born in Paris (d. 1763)

Absalom Jones African-American abolitionist and clergyman born into slavery in Delaware (d. 1818)

Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval French cellist and composer born in Paris (d. 1823)

Mikhail Kozlovsky Russian sculptor born in St. Petersburg Russia (d. 1802)

Louis Abel Beffroy de Reigny French dramatist and composer born in Laon Aisne France (d. 1811)

Alois Senefelder German actor and inventor (lithography) born in Prague (d. 1834)

George Back English sea officer and explorer (North Canada) born in Stockport Cheshire (d. 1878)

Eduard Grell German composer born in Berlin Germany (d. 1886)

Adolphe Sax Belgium musician and inventor (saxophone) born in Dinant Belgium (d. 1894)

Pavel Melnikov Russian historian and author (In the Forests) born in Nizhny Novgorod Russian Empire [OSOct 25]

Gordon Granger American Major General (Union Army) born in Wayne County New York (d. 1876)

Jonas Lie Norwegian author (The Family at Gilje A Domestic Story of the Forties) born in Hokksund Eiker Norway (d. 1908)

Francis Ellingwood Abbot American theologian (Scientific Theism) born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1903)

John Grant Mitchell American lawyer and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Piqua Ohio (d. 1894)

Nelson W. Aldrich U.S. Senator from Rhode Island born in Foster Rhode Island (d. 1915)

Armand Fallires French president (1906-13) born in Mzin France (d. 1931)

Richard Jefferies English naturalist and essayist born in Coate Swindon England (d. 1887)

Charles Dow American journalist and economist (co-founded Dow Jones and 1st editor of Wall St Journal) born in Sterling Connecticut (d. 1902)

Iosif Kotek Russian composer and violinist born in Kamenets-Podolsk Ukraine (d. 1885)

Ezra Seymour Gosney American philanthropist and eugenicist born in Kenton County Kentucky (d. 1942)

Nikola Nikolaevich Grand Duke of Russia born in St. Petersburg Russian Empire (d. 1929)

Marie Bregendahl Danish author (Holger Hauge og hans Hustru) born in Fly Denmark (d. 1940)

Pompeo Aloisi Italian baron diplomat and senator born in Rome Italy (d. 1949)

Ernest Irving English composer born in Godalming Surrey (d. 1953)