Historical Events In August - 06

1824  On August - 06 battle at Junan  

1825  On August - 06 bolivia gains independence from Peru  

1825  On this day in history bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day)  

1828  On this day in history konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman  

1845  On this day in history the Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.  

1845  On this day in history anthonie A Vorsterman van Oyen, Dutch genealogist  

1848  On August - 06 nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58  

1853  On this day in history josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57  

1854  On August - 06 congress passes Confiscation Act  

1858  On this day in history albert Fuchs, composer  

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1859  On this day in history j Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon)  

1861  On this day in history lexington KY-Union milt camp forms in neutral state  

1861  Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt on August - 06.  

1862  CSA ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack on August - 06.  

1862  On August - 06 confederate Army ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack  

1862  On this day in history francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71  

1864  Rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd on this day in history.  

1866  On August - 06 chief Thundercloud, [Scott T Williams], MT, actor (Lone Ranger)  

1868  On this day in history paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909)  

1870  On August - 06 white conservatives suppresed black vote &captured Tenn legislature  

1870  Battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France on August - 06.  

1871  Emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher on this day in history.  

1873  On this day in history john Wesley Work, composer  

1875  Marcel Labey, composer on this day in history.  

1879  Joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize) on this day in history.  

1881  Alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954) on August - 06.  

1882  Gerrit H Kersten, Dutch vicar/founder (Calvinist party) on this day in history.  

1883  Francesco Santoliquido, composer on August - 06.  

1885  On this day in history jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union  

1886  Edward Ballantine, composer on August - 06.  

1886  On this day in history wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45  

1889  On this day in history london's Savoy Hotel opens, the first British hotel to have private baths  

1890  On this day in history cy Young pitches &wins 1st game  

1890  First use of electric chair in US, John Hart, in NY for murder on August - 06.  

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on August - 06.  

1504  Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury was born on August - 06.  

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

1644  On this day in history 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  Death of Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded on this day in history.  

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

0966  Death of Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on August - 06.  

1162  On August - 06 death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona  

1195  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on August - 06.  

1221  Death of Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on August - 06.  

1272  On August - 06 stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies  

1414  Death of King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377) on this day in history.