Historical Events In August - 06

0258  St Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

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

0523  On August - 06 st Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0523  Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on August - 06.   

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

0768  [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 06.   

0939  Battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors on August - 06.   

0966  On this day in history berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)   

1162  On this day in history ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona   

1181  On this day in history 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  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  On August - 06 callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79   

1497  On August - 06 john Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America   

1504  On this day in history 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  On this day in history spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors   

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 August - 06 barbara Strozzi, composer   

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

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

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher on this day in history.   

1644  On August - 06 francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV   

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) on this day in history.   

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  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  On August - 06 birth of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)   

1619  On this day in history birth of barbara Strozzi, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1651  On August - 06 birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)   

1651  On August - 06 birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer   

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

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

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

1162  On this day in history death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona   

1195  On this day in history henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies   

1221  Death of 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   

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