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 this day in history.  

0523  St Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 06.  

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

0768  Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

0768  [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 06.  

0939  Battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors on this day in history.  

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

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

1181  Supernova observed by Chinese &Japanese astronomers on August - 06.  

1181  On August - 06 supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers  

1195  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on this day in history.  

1221  On August - 06 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  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 August - 06 bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.  

1548  Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies on August - 06.  

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 this day in history.  

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  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 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 August - 06.  

1657  On August - 06 bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble  

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  On August - 06 birth of matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury  

1609  On August - 06 birth of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)  

1619  On this day in history birth of barbara Strozzi, composer  

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

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

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) was born on August - 06.  

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on this day in history.  

0258  On August - 06 death of sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded  

0523  On this day in history 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 August - 06.  

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

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

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

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