Famous Deaths In August - 06

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

0523  On August - 06 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  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on this day in history.  

1221  On this day in history death of dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)  

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

1414  On August - 06 death of king Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)  

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

1548  On this day in history georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies  

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

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

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

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  On August - 06 diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61  

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

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

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

1686  Paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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 August - 06.  

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

1746  Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies on August - 06.  

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

1759  On this day in history death of eugene Aram, English philologist (b. 1704)  

1775  On August - 06 heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72  

1783  Willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70 on August - 06.  

1784  On August - 06 karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57  

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 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 August - 06.  

1504  Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.  

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 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  On this day in history birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)  

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