Historical Events In August - 06
Saturday, 04 February 2023
0258 On August - 06 st Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0258 Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded on this day in history.
0523 On this day in history st Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0523 Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on August - 06.
0768 Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 06.
0768 [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0939 On August - 06 battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors
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 On this day in history supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers
1195 Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on this day in history.
1221 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
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 On August - 06 matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury
1538 On this day in history bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
1548 Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies on August - 06.
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 this day in history spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius
1619 On August - 06 barbara Strozzi, composer
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 August - 06.
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 this day in history francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)
1657 On this day in history bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble
1660 Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61 on August - 06.
1661 On this day in history holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders
1661 On this day in history jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies