Historical Events Happened In August - 06

1664  On August - 06 johann Christoph Schmidt, composer  

1665  Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer on this day in history.  

1666  Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43 on this day in history.  

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

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

1697  On this day in history charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45)  

1718  Jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28 on August - 06.  

1726  Emperor Karel VI & tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty on this day in history.  

1727  On August - 06 francois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61  

1746  On this day in history christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies  

1748  On August - 06 bernhard Haltenberger, composer  

1774  Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY on August - 06.  

1775  Louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme/General of France on this day in history.  

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

1783  On this day in history willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70  

1784  Karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57 on August - 06.  

1787  Constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate on August - 06.  

1799  Joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74 on August - 06.  

1800  Catherine Beecher, educator (championed higher education for women) on August - 06.  

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

1806  On this day in history holy Roman Empire ends  

1806  Holy Roman empire officially ends on this day in history.  

1806  Holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire on August - 06.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1815  On this day in history 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  On August - 06 samuel Powhatan Carter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1820  Antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59 on August - 06.  

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

1821  Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on this day in history.  

1504  On August - 06 birth of matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury  

1609  Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675) was born on August - 06.  

1619  On this day in history birth of barbara Strozzi, composer  

1638  On this day in history birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher  

1644  On August - 06 birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV  

1651  On this day in history birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)  

1651  On August - 06 birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer  

0258  On this day in history death of sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded  

0523  Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on this day in history.  

0966  Death of Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on August - 06.  

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

1195  On this day in history henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies  

1221  On this day in history death of dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)  

1272  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies on this day in history.  

1414  Death of King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377) on this day in history.