Historical Events Happened In August - 06

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

1665  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Lully, composer  

1666  Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43 on August - 06.  

1675  On August - 06 russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut  

1686  Paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1783  Willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70 on August - 06.  

1784  On August - 06 karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57  

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

1799  On August - 06 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 this day in history.  

1806  On August - 06 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 this day in history.  

1809  On this day in history the birth of Alfred Tennyson, English poet  

1809  Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England on August - 06.  

1811  On this day in history judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11]  

1815  US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis &Tripoli on August - 06.  

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

1816  Karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80 on August - 06.  

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

1819  Samuel Powhatan Carter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.  

1820  On August - 06 antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59  

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  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on August - 06.  

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  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on this day in history.  

1644  Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV was born on August - 06.  

1651  On August - 06 birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)  

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

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

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

0966  On this day in history death of berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)  

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

1195  On August - 06 henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies  

1221  Death of Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on August - 06.  

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

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