Historical Events In August - 06
Saturday, 30 September 2023
0258 St Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 06.
0258 On this day in history sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded
0523 St Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 06.
0523 Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on August - 06.
0768 On August - 06 constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0768 [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
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 Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on August - 06.
1181 Supernova observed by Chinese &Japanese astronomers on August - 06.
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 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 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 Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors on August - 06.
1600 On this day in history henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588
1601 Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius on this day in history.
1619 Barbara Strozzi, composer on this day in history.
1623 Maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII on August - 06.
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 Ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65 on August - 06.
1638 Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1657 Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble on this day in history.
1660 On this day in history 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 Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies on this day in history.