Historical Events In August - 06

0258  On this day in history st Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

0523  On this day in history st Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

0768  On this day in history constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0768  On this day in history [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0939  On August - 06 battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors   

0966  On August - 06 berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)   

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

1181  Supernova observed by Chinese &Japanese astronomers on this day in history.   

1181  Supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers on August - 06.   

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

1221  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   

1458  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79 on August - 06.   

1497  On August - 06 john Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America   

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

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

1548  On August - 06 georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies   

1588  Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors on August - 06.   

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

1601  Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius on August - 06.   

1619  On this day in history barbara Strozzi, composer   

1623  On August - 06 maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII   

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

1625  Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen on August - 06.   

1637  On this day in history ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65   

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

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

1651  On August - 06 francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)   

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

1660  Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1661  On this day in history holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders   

1661  Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies on August - 06.   

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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  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on this day in history.   

0258  Death of Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded on this day in history.   

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

0966  Death of Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on this day in history.   

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  On August - 06 death of dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)   

1272  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies on August - 06.   

1414  On August - 06 death of king Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)