Historical Events In August - 06

1664  On August - 06 johann Christoph Schmidt, composer  

1665  Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer on August - 06.  

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

1675  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1718  Jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28 on August - 06.  

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

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

1746  On this day in history 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  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  On August - 06 willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70  

1784  Karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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  On August - 06 catherine Beecher, educator (championed higher education for women)  

1804  On August - 06 justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer/minister of Justice (1856-58)  

1806  Holy Roman Empire ends on August - 06.  

1806  Holy Roman empire officially ends on August - 06.  

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  On August - 06 alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England  

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 August - 06.  

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

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

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

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

1820  Antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59 on August - 06.  

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

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

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on this day in history.  

1504  On August - 06 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 August - 06 birth of barbara Strozzi, composer  

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

1644  Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV was born on August - 06.  

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

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on August - 06.  

0258  On this day in history death of sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded  

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

0966  Death of Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on this day in history.  

1162  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on August - 06.  

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

1221  On August - 06 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)