Historical Events In August - 06

0258  St Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

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

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

0523  On this day in history 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  On this day in history berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)   

1162  On August - 06 ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona   

1181  On this day in history supernova observed by Chinese &Japanese astronomers   

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

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

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  On this day in history callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79   

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  On this day in history bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.   

1548  Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors   

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

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

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  On August - 06 earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen   

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

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

1644  Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV on August - 06.   

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) on this day in history.   

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

1660  Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61 on August - 06.   

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

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  On August - 06 birth of barbara Strozzi, composer   

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

1651  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer   

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

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  On this day in history stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies   

1414  On August - 06 death of king Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)