Historical Events In August - 06

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

0258  On this day in history sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded   

0523  On August - 06 st Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0523  On August - 06 hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies   

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

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

0939  Battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors on this day in history.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer on August - 06.   

1623  On this day in history maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII   

1623  Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies on this day in history.   

1625  Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen on this day in history.   

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

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

1660  Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61 on August - 06.   

1661  On August - 06 holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders   

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

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

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 August - 06.   

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on August - 06.   

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

1644  On this day in history birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV   

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

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

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

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

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  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on this day in history.   

1221  On August - 06 death of dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)   

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

1414  On this day in history death of king Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)