Famous Deaths In August - 06

0258  On August - 06 death of sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded   

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 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 August - 06.   

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

1458  On August - 06 callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79   

1548  On this day in history georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies   

1623  On August - 06 anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies   

1628  Death of Johannes Junius, Mayor of Bamberg (b. 1573) on August - 06.   

1637  Ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1645  On this day in history death of lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant (b. 1575)   

1657  Death of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble on this day in history.   

1660  On August - 06 diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61   

1661  On this day in history jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies   

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

1679  On this day in history death of john Snell, English royalist (b. 1629)   

1686  Paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60 on August - 06.   

1695  Death of François de Harlay de Champvallon, French Catholic archbishop (b. 1625) on this day in history.   

1718  Death of Jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28 on this day in history.   

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   

1753  On this day in history death of georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (b. 1711)   

1759  Death of Eugene Aram, English philologist (b. 1704) on August - 06.   

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   

1794  Death of Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British politician (b. 1714) on August - 06.   

1799  Joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1815  Death of James A. Bayard (elder), United States Senator from Delaware (b. 1767) on this day in history.   

1816  On August - 06 karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80   

1820  On this day in history antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59   

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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  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on August - 06.   

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1644  Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV was born on this day in history.   

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

1651  On August - 06 birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer