Famous Deaths In August - 06

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

0523  Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on August - 06.  

0966  On August - 06 death of berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)  

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

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  On August - 06 stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies  

1414  Death of King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377) on August - 06.  

1458  On August - 06 callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79  

1548  On August - 06 georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies  

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1623  Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies on this day in history.  

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

1637  On August - 06 ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65  

1645  Death of Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant (b. 1575) on August - 06.  

1657  On August - 06 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  On this day in history jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies  

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

1679  On August - 06 death of john Snell, English royalist (b. 1629)  

1686  On this day in history paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60  

1695  Death of François de Harlay de Champvallon, French Catholic archbishop (b. 1625) on August - 06.  

1718  On this day in history death of jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28  

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

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

1753  Death of Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (b. 1711) on August - 06.  

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

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

1783  Willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

1794  Death of Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British politician (b. 1714) on this day in history.  

1799  On August - 06 joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74  

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

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on August - 06.  

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on August - 06.  

1644  Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV was born on this day in history.  

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

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