Historical Events In August - 06
Sunday, 03 July 2022
0258 On August - 06 st Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0258 Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded on this day in history.
0523 On August - 06 st Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0523 Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on August - 06.
0768 On August - 06 constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0768 [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0939 On August - 06 battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors
0966 On this day in history berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)
1162 On August - 06 ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
1181 On this day in history supernova observed by Chinese &Japanese astronomers
1181 Supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers on August - 06.
1195 On August - 06 henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies
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 August - 06.
1458 Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79 on August - 06.
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 On this day in history bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
1548 Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies on this day in history.
1588 On this day in history spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors
1600 Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588 on this day in history.
1601 Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius on this day in history.
1619 Barbara Strozzi, composer on August - 06.
1623 Maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII on August - 06.
1623 Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies on this day in history.
1625 On August - 06 earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen
1637 Ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1638 On August - 06 nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher
1644 Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV on this day in history.
1651 On August - 06 francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)
1657 On August - 06 bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble
1660 Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61 on August - 06.
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 August - 06.