Famous Deaths In August - 06

0258  Death of Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded on this day in history.  

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 August - 06.  

1162  On August - 06 death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona  

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

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

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 August - 06.  

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.  

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

1628  Death of Johannes Junius, Mayor of Bamberg (b. 1573) on this day in history.  

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  Death of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble on this day in history.  

1660  Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61 on August - 06.  

1661  On this day in history jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies  

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

1679  Death of John Snell, English royalist (b. 1629) on this day in history.  

1686  Paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60 on August - 06.  

1695  On this day in history death of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, French Catholic archbishop (b. 1625)  

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  On August - 06 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  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.  

1794  On this day in history death of henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British politician (b. 1714)  

1799  On this day in history joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74  

1815  Death of James A. Bayard (elder), United States Senator from Delaware (b. 1767) on August - 06.  

1816  On August - 06 karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80  

1820  On this day in history antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59  

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1180  On this day in history 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 August - 06.  

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

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