Historical Events In August - 06

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

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

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

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

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  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  On August - 06 ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona  

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

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

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

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  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79 on August - 06.  

1497  On this day in history john Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America  

1504  On this day in history matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury  

1538  On this day in history bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.  

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

1588  On August - 06 spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors  

1600  On August - 06 henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588  

1601  On August - 06 spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius  

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer on this day in history.  

1623  On August - 06 maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII  

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

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

1644  Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1661  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 August - 06 birth of barbara Strozzi, composer  

1638  On August - 06 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 this day in history.  

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  Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on August - 06.  

0966  Death of Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on August - 06.  

1162  On August - 06 death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona  

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 August - 06.