Historical Events In August - 06

0258  St Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope on August - 06.   

0258  Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded on August - 06.   

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

0523  Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1162  On August - 06 ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona   

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

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

1195  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on August - 06.   

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  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 this day in history bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.   

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

1588  On this day in history spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors   

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 this day in history.   

1619  On August - 06 barbara Strozzi, composer   

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

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

1638  On August - 06 nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher   

1644  Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV on August - 06.   

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

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

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

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

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 August - 06 birth of matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury   

1609  On August - 06 birth of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)   

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 this day in history birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)   

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

0258  On this day in history 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 August - 06.   

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

1195  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on August - 06.   

1221  Death of Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on August - 06.   

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

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