Famous Deaths Happened In August - 06

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

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

0966  On this day in history death of berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)   

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

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 August - 06.   

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

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

1628  On August - 06 death of johannes Junius, Mayor of Bamberg (b. 1573)   

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

1645  On August - 06 death of lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant (b. 1575)   

1657  Death of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61   

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 this day in history.   

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 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  On August - 06 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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  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  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  On this day in history birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher   

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 this day in history birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer