Famous Deaths In August - 06

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

1162  On this day in history death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona  

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

1221  Death of Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on this day in history.  

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

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

1458  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1548  Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies on this day in history.  

1623  On this day in history anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies  

1628  On this day in history death of johannes Junius, Mayor of Bamberg (b. 1573)  

1637  Ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65 on August - 06.  

1645  On this day in history death of lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant (b. 1575)  

1657  On this day in history death of bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble  

1660  Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1661  Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies on this day in history.  

1666  On August - 06 tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43  

1679  Death of John Snell, English royalist (b. 1629) on August - 06.  

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

1695  Death of François de Harlay de Champvallon, French Catholic archbishop (b. 1625) on this day in history.  

1718  Death of Jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28 on this day in history.  

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

1746  Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies on this day in history.  

1753  On this day in history death of georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (b. 1711)  

1759  Death of Eugene Aram, English philologist (b. 1704) on August - 06.  

1775  Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

1784  On this day in history karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57  

1794  On August - 06 death of henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British politician (b. 1714)  

1799  Joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1815  On this day in history death of james A. Bayard (elder), United States Senator from Delaware (b. 1767)  

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

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

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) was born on this day in history.  

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on this day in history.