Historical Events In August - 06

0258  On August - 06 st Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

0523  On August - 06 st Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0523  On this day in history hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies   

0768  On this day in history constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0768  [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 06.   

0939  On August - 06 battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors   

0966  On August - 06 berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)   

1162  Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on August - 06.   

1181  On August - 06 supernova observed by Chinese &Japanese astronomers   

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

1195  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on this day in history.   

1221  Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on August - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1497  John Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America on August - 06.   

1504  On this day in history matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury   

1538  Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada on August - 06.   

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

1588  Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors on this day in history.   

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

1601  Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius on August - 06.   

1619  On this day in history barbara Strozzi, composer   

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

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

1625  Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen on this day in history.   

1637  Ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65 on August - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1657  On this day in history bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble   

1660  On August - 06 diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61   

1661  Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders on August - 06.   

1661  Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies on this day in history.   

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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 August - 06 birth of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)   

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

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

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 August - 06.   

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

0523  Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1221  Death of Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.