Historical Events In August - 06
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0258 On August - 06 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 this day in history st Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0523 Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on this day in history.
0768 On August - 06 constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0768 On August - 06 [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0939 On this day in history battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors
0966 On August - 06 berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)
1162 Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.
1181 On this day in history supernova observed by Chinese &Japanese astronomers
1181 Supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers on August - 06.
1195 Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on August - 06.
1221 On this day in history dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)
1272 On this day in history stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies
1458 Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79 on this day in history.
1497 John Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America on August - 06.
1504 On this day in history matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury
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 this day in history.
1588 Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors on this day in history.
1600 On August - 06 henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588
1601 On August - 06 spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius
1619 Barbara Strozzi, composer on this day in history.
1623 Maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII on August - 06.
1623 On this day in history anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies
1625 Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen on this day in history.
1637 Ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1638 On August - 06 nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher
1644 On this day in history 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 On this day in history diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61
1661 Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders on this day in history.
1661 On August - 06 jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies