Historical Events In August - 06
Saturday, 27 April 2024
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 August - 06 st Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0523 On this day in history hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies
0768 Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 06.
0768 On this day in history [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0939 Battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors on August - 06.
0966 On August - 06 berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)
1162 On this day in history ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
1181 On August - 06 supernova observed by Chinese &Japanese astronomers
1181 On August - 06 supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers
1195 Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on August - 06.
1221 Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on August - 06.
1272 Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies on this day in history.
1458 On August - 06 callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79
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 August - 06.
1548 Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies on this day in history.
1588 Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
1637 Ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65 on August - 06.
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 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 this day in history.
1661 Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders on August - 06.
1661 Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies on August - 06.