Page 2: Historical Events In August - 06

1664  Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer on August - 06.   

1665  Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer on this day in history.   

1666  On this day in history tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43   

1675  On August - 06 russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut   

1686  On this day in history paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60   

1697  Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45) on August - 06.   

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

1726  On this day in history emperor Karel VI & tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty   

1727  On August - 06 francois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61   

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

1748  Bernhard Haltenberger, composer on this day in history.   

1774  Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY on this day in history.   

1775  Louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme/General of France on August - 06.   

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 this day in history karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57   

1787  On August - 06 constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate   

1799  Joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1804  On this day in history justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer/minister of Justice (1856-58)   

1806  On August - 06 holy Roman Empire ends   

1806  On this day in history holy Roman empire officially ends   

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

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

1809  On this day in history alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England   

1811  On this day in history judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11]   

1815  On August - 06 uS flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis &Tripoli   

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

1816  Karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80 on August - 06.   

1819  On this day in history norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.   

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  On August - 06 1st edition of "Courrier of Pays-Bas" newspaper published in Brussels   

1821  On August - 06 antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64   

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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  Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675) was born on August - 06.   

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on August - 06.   

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

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  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on August - 06.   

0258  Death of Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded on this day in history.   

0523  On August - 06 hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies   

0966  On August - 06 death of berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)   

1162  On August - 06 death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona   

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

1221  Death of 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.   

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