Historical Events In August - 06

1664  Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer on this day in history.   

1665  On August - 06 jean-Baptiste Lully, composer   

1666  On August - 06 tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43   

1675  Russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut on this day in history.   

1686  Paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1697  On August - 06 charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45)   

1718  On this day in history jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28   

1726  Emperor Karel VI & tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty on August - 06.   

1727  On this day in history francois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61   

1746  On August - 06 christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies   

1748  On this day in history bernhard Haltenberger, composer   

1774  On this day in history founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY   

1775  On this day in history louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme/General of France   

1775  Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1783  Willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70 on August - 06.   

1784  On August - 06 karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57   

1787  Constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate on August - 06.   

1799  Joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74 on August - 06.   

1800  On this day in history catherine Beecher, educator (championed higher education for women)   

1804  Justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer/minister of Justice (1856-58) on August - 06.   

1806  On August - 06 holy Roman Empire ends   

1806  On this day in history holy Roman empire officially ends   

1806  On this day in history holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire   

1809  On August - 06 the birth of Alfred Tennyson, English poet   

1809  Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England on August - 06.   

1811  On August - 06 judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11]   

1815  On this day in history uS flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis &Tripoli   

1815  US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli on this day in history.   

1816  On August - 06 karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80   

1819  Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States on August - 06.   

1819  On August - 06 samuel Powhatan Carter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1820  Antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1821  1st edition of "Courrier of Pays-Bas" newspaper published in Brussels on August - 06.   

1821  On this day in history antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64   

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on August - 06.   

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 August - 06 birth of barbara Strozzi, composer   

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

1644  On this day in history birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV   

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) was born on August - 06.   

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

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

0523  On this day in history hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies   

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

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

1195  On August - 06 henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies   

1221  On this day in history death of dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)   

1272  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies on this day in history.   

1414  On this day in history death of king Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)