Page 2: Historical Events In August - 06

1664  On this day in history johann Christoph Schmidt, composer   

1665  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Lully, composer   

1666  On this day in history tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43   

1675  Russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut on this day in history.   

1686  On August - 06 paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60   

1697  Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45) on this day in history.   

1718  Jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28 on this day in history.   

1726  On August - 06 emperor Karel VI & tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty   

1727  On August - 06 francois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61   

1746  On August - 06 christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies   

1748  On this day in history bernhard Haltenberger, composer   

1774  Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme/General of France   

1775  On August - 06 heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72   

1783  On August - 06 willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70   

1784  Karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1787  Constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate on August - 06.   

1799  Joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1800  On this day in history catherine Beecher, educator (championed higher education for women)   

1804  On August - 06 justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer/minister of Justice (1856-58)   

1806  On this day in history holy Roman Empire ends   

1806  Holy Roman empire officially ends on this day in history.   

1806  Holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire on August - 06.   

1809  The birth of Alfred Tennyson, English poet on August - 06.   

1809  Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England on August - 06.   

1811  Judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11] on this day in history.   

1815  US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis &Tripoli on August - 06.   

1815  On this day in history uS flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli   

1816  Karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80 on August - 06.   

1819  Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States on August - 06.   

1819  Samuel Powhatan Carter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on August - 06.   

1820  Antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59 on August - 06.   

1821  1st edition of "Courrier of Pays-Bas" newspaper published in Brussels on August - 06.   

1821  Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64 on August - 06.   

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1180  On August - 06 birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)   

1504  Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury was born on August - 06.   

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  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on August - 06.   

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

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

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

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

1272  On August - 06 stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies   

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