Historical Events In August - 06

0258  On this day in history st Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope  

0258  Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded on August - 06.  

0523  St Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

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  Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on this day in history.  

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

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

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  On this day in history dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)  

1272  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies on August - 06.  

1458  On this day in history callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79  

1497  On this day in history john Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America  

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

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

1600  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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  On August - 06 francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV  

1651  On August - 06 francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)  

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

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 this day in history.  

1661  On this day in history jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies  

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1180  On August - 06 birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)  

1504  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of barbara Strozzi, composer  

1638  On this day in history birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher  

1644  On August - 06 birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV  

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

1651  On August - 06 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 August - 06 death of berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)  

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

1195  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on August - 06.  

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

1272  On August - 06 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.