Historical Events In August - 06

1664  Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer on August - 06.  

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

1666  Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43 on August - 06.  

1675  Russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut on August - 06.  

1686  Paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

1718  On August - 06 jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28  

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

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  

Advertisements

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 August - 06 louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme/General of France  

1775  Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72 on August - 06.  

1783  On this day in history willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70  

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

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

1806  On this day in history holy Roman Empire ends  

1806  On August - 06 holy Roman empire officially ends  

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

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 August - 06.  

1819  On August - 06 samuel Powhatan Carter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

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

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 August - 06.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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  Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.  

1619  On August - 06 birth of barbara Strozzi, composer  

1638  On August - 06 birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher  

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 August - 06.  

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

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

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

1162  On this day in history 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)