Historical Events In August - 06
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
0258 On August - 06 st Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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 Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on August - 06.
0768 Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 06.
0768 [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0939 Battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors on August - 06.
0966 Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on this day in history.
1162 On this day in history ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
1181 Supernova observed by Chinese &Japanese astronomers on this day in history.
1181 On August - 06 supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers
1195 On this day in history henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies
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 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 Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.
1538 Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada on August - 06.
1548 On this day in history georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies
1588 On August - 06 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 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 On this day in history earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen
1637 On August - 06 ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65
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 Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) on August - 06.
1657 On this day in history bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble
1660 Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61 on August - 06.
1661 On August - 06 holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders
1661 Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies on August - 06.