Page 3: Historical Events In August - 06

1824  On this day in history battle at Junan   

1825  On August - 06 bolivia gains independence from Peru   

1825  Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day) on August - 06.   

1828  On August - 06 konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman   

1845  The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg on this day in history.   

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  Congress passes Confiscation Act on August - 06.   

1858  On this day in history albert Fuchs, composer   

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

1861  Lexington KY-Union milt camp forms in neutral state on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt   

1862  CSA ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack on this day in history.   

1862  Confederate Army ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack on this day in history.   

1862  Francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71 on August - 06.   

1864  On August - 06 rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd   

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

1868  Paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909) on August - 06.   

1870  White conservatives suppresed black vote &captured Tenn legislature on this day in history.   

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

1871  On August - 06 emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher   

1873  John Wesley Work, composer on August - 06.   

1875  Marcel Labey, composer on August - 06.   

1879  Joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize) on August - 06.   

1881  On this day in history alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954)   

1882  On this day in history gerrit H Kersten, Dutch vicar/founder (Calvinist party)   

1883  Francesco Santoliquido, composer on August - 06.   

1885  Jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union on this day in history.   

1886  Edward Ballantine, composer on August - 06.   

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

1889  On August - 06 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 this day in history.   

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

1504  Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.   

1609  On August - 06 birth of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)   

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on August - 06.   

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 August - 06 birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)   

1651  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer   

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  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 this day in history 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 this day in history.