Historical Events In August - 06
Friday, 25 October 2024
0258 St Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 06.
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 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 On this day in history ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
1181 Supernova observed by Chinese &Japanese astronomers on August - 06.
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 On August - 06 stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies
1458 Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79 on August - 06.
1497 On August - 06 john Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America
1504 Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.
1538 On August - 06 bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
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 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 August - 06.
1625 Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen on August - 06.
1637 On August - 06 ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65
1638 Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher on this day in history.
1644 On this day in history francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV
1651 Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) on August - 06.
1657 Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble on this day in history.
1660 Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1661 On this day in history holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders
1661 On August - 06 jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies