Famous Deaths In August - 06

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

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 August - 06 death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona   

1195  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on this day in history.   

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

1272  On August - 06 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)   

1458  On this day in history callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79   

1548  On this day in history georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies   

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

1628  On this day in history death of johannes Junius, Mayor of Bamberg (b. 1573)   

1637  Ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1645  On this day in history death of lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant (b. 1575)   

1657  On this day in history death of bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble   

1660  On August - 06 diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61   

1661  Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies on this day in history.   

1666  On August - 06 tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43   

1679  On August - 06 death of john Snell, English royalist (b. 1629)   

1686  Paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1695  On August - 06 death of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, French Catholic archbishop (b. 1625)   

1718  Death of Jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28 on August - 06.   

1727  Francois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

1753  Death of Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (b. 1711) on this day in history.   

1759  On August - 06 death of eugene Aram, English philologist (b. 1704)   

1775  Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72 on August - 06.   

1783  Willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1784  On August - 06 karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57   

1794  On this day in history death of henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British politician (b. 1714)   

1799  On this day in history joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74   

1815  On August - 06 death of james A. Bayard (elder), United States Senator from Delaware (b. 1767)   

1816  On this day in history karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80   

1820  Antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 06.   

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

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 August - 06.   

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) was born on August - 06.   

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