Historical Events In August - 06
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0258 St Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0258 On August - 06 sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded
0523 On August - 06 st Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0523 On August - 06 hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies
0768 Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 06.
0768 [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0939 Battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors on this day in history.
0966 On August - 06 berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)
1162 On August - 06 ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
1181 On August - 06 supernova observed by Chinese &Japanese astronomers
1181 On August - 06 supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers
1195 Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on August - 06.
1221 On this day in history dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)
1272 Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies on this day in history.
1458 On this day in history callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79
1497 On August - 06 john Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America
1504 Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.
1538 Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada on August - 06.
1548 Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies on this day in history.
1588 Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors on this day in history.
1600 On August - 06 henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588
1601 Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius on August - 06.
1619 On August - 06 barbara Strozzi, composer
1623 Maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII on this day in history.
1623 Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies on this day in history.
1625 Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen on this day in history.
1637 Ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1638 On this day in history nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher
1644 On this day in history francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV
1651 Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) on this day in history.
1657 On this day in history bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble
1660 Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1661 On August - 06 holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders
1661 Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies on this day in history.