Historical Events In August - 06

1664  On this day in history johann Christoph Schmidt, composer  

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 August - 06.  

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

1697  On August - 06 charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45)  

1718  On August - 06 jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28  

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

1727  On this day in history francois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61  

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

1748  Bernhard Haltenberger, composer on August - 06.  

1774  Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY on this day in history.  

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

1775  On this day in history heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72  

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 this day in history.  

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  Holy Roman Empire ends on this day in history.  

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

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

1809  The birth of Alfred Tennyson, English poet on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1819  On this day in history 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 August - 06.  

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

1821  On this day in history 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 August - 06 birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)  

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

1609  On this day in history birth of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)  

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 this day in history.  

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on August - 06.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1162  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on August - 06.  

1195  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on August - 06.  

1221  On this day in history 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  Death of King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377) on this day in history.