Historical Events In August - 06
Monday, 18 March 2024
0258 St Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0258 On this day in history sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded
0523 On this day in history st Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0523 Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on August - 06.
0768 Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 06.
0768 On August - 06 [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0939 On this day in history battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors
0966 Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on August - 06.
1162 Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.
1181 On this day in history supernova observed by Chinese &Japanese astronomers
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 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 On this day in history john Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America
1504 On August - 06 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 Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1619 Barbara Strozzi, composer on this day in history.
1623 Maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII on this day in history.
1623 Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies on this day in history.
1625 On this day in history earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen
1637 Ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1638 On August - 06 nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher
1644 On this day in history 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 this day in history diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61
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.