Famous Birthdays Dec 6 Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, Italian composer, born in Modena, Italy (d. 1605) Dec 22 Cesare Cremonini, Italian professor of natural philosophy, born in Cento, Papal States (d. 1631) Famous Deaths Dec 6 Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 Dec 22 Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III 1549 History by Year 1551