Famous Deaths In August - 06

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

0523  On August - 06 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 August - 06.   

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)   

1458  On August - 06 callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79   

1548  Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies on this day in history.   

1623  Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies on August - 06.   

1628  Death of Johannes Junius, Mayor of Bamberg (b. 1573) on this day in history.   

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

1645  On August - 06 death of lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant (b. 1575)   

1657  Death of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble on August - 06.   

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

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

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

1679  Death of John Snell, English royalist (b. 1629) on August - 06.   

1686  Paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60 on August - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1746  Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies on August - 06.   

1753  Death of Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (b. 1711) on August - 06.   

1759  Death of Eugene Aram, English philologist (b. 1704) on this day in history.   

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

1783  On this day in history willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70   

1784  Karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57 on August - 06.   

1794  Death of Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British politician (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

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

1815  Death of James A. Bayard (elder), United States Senator from Delaware (b. 1767) on this day in history.   

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

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

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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  On this day in history birth of barbara Strozzi, composer   

1638  On August - 06 birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher   

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