Historical Events In August - 06

0258  On August - 06 st Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

0523  St Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0523  On this day in history hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies   

0768  Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0768  [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 06.   

0939  On this day in history battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors   

0966  On this day in history berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)   

1162  On this day in history ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona   

1181  On August - 06 supernova observed by Chinese &Japanese astronomers   

1181  On this day in history supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers   

1195  On this day in history henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies   

1221  Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on this day in history.   

1272  On this day in history stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies   

1458  On this day in history callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79   

1497  John Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America on this day in history.   

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

1538  On August - 06 bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.   

1548  Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies on August - 06.   

1588  On August - 06 spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors   

1600  Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588 on August - 06.   

1601  On August - 06 spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius   

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer on August - 06.   

1623  Maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII on this day in history.   

1623  On this day in history anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies   

1625  On August - 06 earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen   

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

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

1644  On August - 06 francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV   

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) on this day in history.   

1657  On August - 06 bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble   

1660  On this day in history diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61   

1661  Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders on August - 06.   

1661  Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies on this day in history.   

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on this day in history.   

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  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer   

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  On this day in history death of berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)   

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 this day in history.   

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.