Famous Deaths In August - 06

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

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 this day in history death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona  

1195  On this day in history henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies  

1221  On August - 06 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  Death of King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377) on this day in history.  

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

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

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1623  On August - 06 anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies  

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

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  On August - 06 death of bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble  

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

1679  Death of John Snell, English royalist (b. 1629) on August - 06.  

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  Death of Jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28 on this day in history.  

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

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  Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

1784  Karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

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  On August - 06 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  On August - 06 birth of matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury  

1609  On this day in history birth of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)  

1619  On this day in history birth of barbara Strozzi, composer  

1638  On August - 06 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  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) was born on this day in history.  

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on this day in history.