Historical Events In August - 06

1664  On August - 06 johann Christoph Schmidt, composer   

1665  Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer on August - 06.   

1666  Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43 on August - 06.   

1675  Russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut on August - 06.   

1686  On this day in history paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60   

1697  On this day in history charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45)   

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

1726  Emperor Karel VI & tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty on this day in history.   

1727  Francois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61 on August - 06.   

1746  On this day in history christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies   

1748  Bernhard Haltenberger, composer on this day in history.   

1774  On this day in history founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY   

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

1775  On this day in history 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 August - 06.   

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

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

1800  On August - 06 catherine Beecher, educator (championed higher education for women)   

1804  On this day in history justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer/minister of Justice (1856-58)   

1806  Holy Roman Empire ends on August - 06.   

1806  On August - 06 holy Roman empire officially ends   

1806  On this day in history holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire   

1809  The birth of Alfred Tennyson, English poet on this day in history.   

1809  On August - 06 alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England   

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

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

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

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

1820  On this day in history antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59   

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

1821  On August - 06 antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64   

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

1504  On August - 06 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 this day in history 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 August - 06.   

1651  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer   

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

0523  Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on this day in history.   

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  On August - 06 henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies   

1221  Death of Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on this day in history.   

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

1414  Death of King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377) on this day in history.