Page 2: Historical Events In August - 06
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
1664 Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer on August - 06.
1665 Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer on August - 06.
1666 Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43 on this day in history.
1675 On August - 06 russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut
1686 On this day in history paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60
1697 On August - 06 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 On this day in history francois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61
1746 Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies on this day in history.
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 Louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme/General of France on August - 06.
1775 On August - 06 heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72
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 Constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate on August - 06.
1799 On August - 06 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 Holy Roman Empire ends on August - 06.
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 this day in history 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 US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis &Tripoli on August - 06.
1815 On August - 06 uS flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli
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 On August - 06 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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