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 August - 06.  

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

1162  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.  

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

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  Death of King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377) on August - 06.  

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  

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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 August - 06.  

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 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 August - 06.  

1666  On August - 06 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 this day in history.  

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

1753  On this day in history 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  Death of Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British politician (b. 1714) on this day in history.  

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

1815  On this day in history 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  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  On August - 06 birth of barbara Strozzi, composer  

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

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on August - 06.