Historical Events In August - 06

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

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

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

0523  On August - 06 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 this day in history.   

0939  Battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors on August - 06.   

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

1162  Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on August - 06.   

1181  On this day in history 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  On this day in history dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)   

1272  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies on this day in history.   

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 August - 06.   

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

1538  Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada on this day in history.   

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

1588  Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors on this day in history.   

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

1601  On this day in history spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius   

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer on August - 06.   

1623  Maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII on August - 06.   

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

1625  On this day in history earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen   

1637  On August - 06 ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65   

1638  On August - 06 nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher   

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

1651  On this day in history francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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1180  On August - 06 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 this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history 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 August - 06.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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.