Page 3: Historical Events In August - 06

1824  On this day in history battle at Junan   

1825  Bolivia gains independence from Peru on this day in history.   

1825  On August - 06 bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day)   

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

1845  On August - 06 the Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.   

1845  Anthonie A Vorsterman van Oyen, Dutch genealogist on this day in history.   

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

1853  Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1854  Congress passes Confiscation Act on August - 06.   

1858  On this day in history albert Fuchs, composer   

1859  J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon) on August - 06.   

1861  Lexington KY-Union milt camp forms in neutral state on August - 06.   

1861  On August - 06 edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt   

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

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

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

1864  On this day in history rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd   

1866  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1871  Emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher on August - 06.   

1873  On August - 06 john Wesley Work, composer   

1875  Marcel Labey, composer on August - 06.   

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

1881  On August - 06 alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954)   

1882  Gerrit H Kersten, Dutch vicar/founder (Calvinist party) on August - 06.   

1883  Francesco Santoliquido, composer on this day in history.   

1885  On August - 06 jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union   

1886  On August - 06 edward Ballantine, composer   

1886  Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45 on August - 06.   

1889  London's Savoy Hotel opens, the first British hotel to have private baths on this day in history.   

1890  Cy Young pitches &wins 1st game on August - 06.   

1890  On this day in history first use of electric chair in US, John Hart, in NY for murder   

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1180  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)   

1504  On August - 06 birth of matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury   

1609  Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675) was born on August - 06.   

1619  On this day in history birth of barbara Strozzi, composer   

1638  On this day in history birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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.