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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1221  Death of Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on August - 06.  

1272  On this day in history stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies  

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

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

1548  Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies on August - 06.  

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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 this day in history ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65  

1645  Death of Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant (b. 1575) on this day in history.  

1657  Death of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble on August - 06.  

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  On this day in history tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43  

1679  On this day in history death of john Snell, English royalist (b. 1629)  

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

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

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

1727  Francois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  Karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57 on August - 06.  

1794  Death of Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British politician (b. 1714) on August - 06.  

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

1815  On August - 06 death of james A. Bayard (elder), United States Senator from Delaware (b. 1767)  

1816  Karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1820  Antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59 on August - 06.  

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on August - 06.  

1504  On this day in history 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 August - 06.  

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  On August - 06 birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer