Famous Deaths In August - 06

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

0523  On this day in history 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 August - 06.  

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 August - 06.  

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  Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history 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  Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43 on this day in history.  

1679  On August - 06 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 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 August - 06.  

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 this day in history 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  Death of Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British politician (b. 1714) on August - 06.  

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

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

1816  On August - 06 karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80  

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

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  On August - 06 birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher  

1644  On this day in history birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV  

1651  On this day in history birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)  

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