Page 2: Historical Events In August - 06

1664  Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer on August - 06.   

1665  On August - 06 jean-Baptiste Lully, composer   

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  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  On this day in history christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies   

1748  Bernhard Haltenberger, composer on August - 06.   

1774  Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY on August - 06.   

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 this day in history willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70   

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

1787  On this day in history constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate   

1799  On this day in history joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74   

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

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 August - 06 holy Roman empire officially ends   

1806  On August - 06 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  Judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11] on this day in history.   

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  Karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

1819  Samuel Powhatan Carter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on August - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1821  Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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1180  On August - 06 birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)   

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  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on August - 06.   

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

1651  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1162  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.   

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  Death of King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377) on August - 06.