Historical Events In August - 06

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   

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on August - 06.   

1504  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1644  On August - 06 birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV   

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

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  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 this day in history death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona   

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

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)