Historical Events In August - 06

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 this day in history.  

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  Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on August - 06.  

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  On August - 06 henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies  

1221  On August - 06 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  On August - 06 john Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America  

1504  Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury on August - 06.  

1538  Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada on this day in history.  

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

1588  Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors on August - 06.  

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 this day in history.  

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer on August - 06.  

1623  On August - 06 maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII  

1623  Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies on August - 06.  

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

1637  On this day in history ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65  

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher on August - 06.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders  

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

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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 this day in history birth of barbara Strozzi, composer  

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on August - 06.  

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  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on this day in history.  

0258  On this day in history death of sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded  

0523  On August - 06 hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies  

0966  Death of Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on this day in history.  

1162  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.  

1195  On August - 06 henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies  

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

1272  On this day in history stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies  

1414  On this day in history death of king Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)