Historical Events Happened In August - 06

1664  Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer on this day in history.  

1665  On August - 06 jean-Baptiste Lully, composer  

1666  On this day in history tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43  

1675  Russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut on this day in history.  

1686  On August - 06 paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60  

1697  Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45) on August - 06.  

1718  On this day in history jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28  

1726  On August - 06 emperor Karel VI & tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty  

1727  Francois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61 on August - 06.  

1746  Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies on August - 06.  

1748  On this day in history bernhard Haltenberger, composer  

1774  On this day in history founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY  

1775  Louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme/General of France on August - 06.  

1775  Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72 on August - 06.  

1783  On August - 06 willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70  

1784  Karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1787  Constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate on this day in history.  

1799  On this day in history joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74  

1800  Catherine Beecher, educator (championed higher education for women) on this day in history.  

1804  Justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer/minister of Justice (1856-58) on August - 06.  

1806  On August - 06 holy Roman Empire ends  

1806  Holy Roman empire officially ends on August - 06.  

1806  On this day in history holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire  

1809  On August - 06 the birth of Alfred Tennyson, English poet  

1809  On August - 06 alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England  

1811  Judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11] on August - 06.  

1815  US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis &Tripoli on this day in history.  

1815  On August - 06 uS flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli  

1816  On this day in history karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80  

1819  Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States on August - 06.  

1819  Samuel Powhatan Carter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on August - 06.  

1820  Antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1821  On August - 06 1st edition of "Courrier of Pays-Bas" newspaper published in Brussels  

1821  Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64 on August - 06.  

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1180  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)  

1504  Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury was born on August - 06.  

1609  Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.  

1619  On August - 06 birth of barbara Strozzi, composer  

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on August - 06.  

1644  On this day in history birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV  

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) was born on August - 06.  

1651  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer  

0258  Death of Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded on August - 06.  

0523  On this day in history hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies  

0966  Death of Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on this day in history.  

1162  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.  

1195  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on this day in history.  

1221  On August - 06 death of dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)  

1272  On this day in history stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies  

1414  On this day in history death of king Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)