Historical Events In August - 06

0258  On this day in history st Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

0523  St Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0523  Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on this day in history.   

0768  On this day in history constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0768  On this day in history [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0939  On August - 06 battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors   

0966  On August - 06 berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)   

1162  Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on August - 06.   

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

1181  Supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1504  On August - 06 matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury   

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

1548  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1601  Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius on August - 06.   

1619  On this day in history barbara Strozzi, composer   

1623  Maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII on this day in history.   

1623  On this day in history anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies   

1625  On August - 06 earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen   

1637  On August - 06 ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65   

1638  On this day in history nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher   

1644  On August - 06 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 August - 06 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  On August - 06 jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies   

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1180  On August - 06 birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)   

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

1609  Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher   

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  Death of Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded on August - 06.   

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 August - 06.   

1195  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on August - 06.   

1221  On August - 06 death of dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)   

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

1414  Death of King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377) on this day in history.