Historical Events In August - 06

1664  On this day in history johann Christoph Schmidt, composer   

1665  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Lully, composer   

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

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

1686  Paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60 on August - 06.   

1697  On this day in history charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45)   

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

1726  Emperor Karel VI & tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty on this day in history.   

1727  Francois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1746  Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies on this day in history.   

1748  Bernhard Haltenberger, composer on August - 06.   

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

1775  Louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme/General of France on this day in history.   

1775  On August - 06 heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72   

1783  On August - 06 willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70   

1784  Karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57 on August - 06.   

1787  On August - 06 constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate   

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

1800  Catherine Beecher, educator (championed higher education for women) on August - 06.   

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

1806  On August - 06 holy Roman Empire ends   

1806  Holy Roman empire officially ends on this day in history.   

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

1809  The birth of Alfred Tennyson, English poet on this day in history.   

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

1815  US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli on August - 06.   

1816  On this day in history karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80   

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

1819  On this day in history samuel Powhatan Carter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1820  On this day in history antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59   

1821  On this day in history 1st edition of "Courrier of Pays-Bas" newspaper published in Brussels   

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  On this day in history birth of matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury   

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 August - 06 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  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on this day in history.   

0258  Death of Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded on August - 06.   

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

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

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

1272  On this day in history stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies   

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