Historical Events In August - 06

0258  St Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 06.   

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

0523  St Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 06.   

0523  On August - 06 hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies   

0768  Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0768  On this day in history [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0939  Battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors on August - 06.   

0966  Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on August - 06.   

1162  On this day in history ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona   

1181  Supernova observed by Chinese &Japanese astronomers on August - 06.   

1181  Supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers on this day in history.   

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

1221  On August - 06 dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)   

1272  On August - 06 stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies   

1458  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79 on August - 06.   

1497  On August - 06 john Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America   

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

1538  On August - 06 bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.   

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

1588  Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors on August - 06.   

1600  Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588 on August - 06.   

1601  On August - 06 spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius   

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer on August - 06.   

1623  On this day in history maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII   

1623  Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies on August - 06.   

1625  Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen on August - 06.   

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

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher on this day in history.   

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

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) on August - 06.   

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

1660  Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1661  On this day in history holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders   

1661  On August - 06 jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies   

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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  On this day in history 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 August - 06 birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)   

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

0258  On August - 06 death of sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded   

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

0966  Death of Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on August - 06.   

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

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.