Historical Events In August - 06

1824  On August - 06 battle at Junan   

1825  On August - 06 bolivia gains independence from Peru   

1825  On August - 06 bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day)   

1828  Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman on August - 06.   

1845  On this day in history the Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.   

1845  On August - 06 anthonie A Vorsterman van Oyen, Dutch genealogist   

1848  Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1853  Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1854  Congress passes Confiscation Act on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history albert Fuchs, composer   

1859  J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon) on this day in history.   

1861  On August - 06 lexington KY-Union milt camp forms in neutral state   

1861  Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt on August - 06.   

1862  On this day in history cSA ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack   

1862  Confederate Army ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack on this day in history.   

1862  On August - 06 francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71   

1864  On this day in history rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd   

1866  Chief Thundercloud, [Scott T Williams], MT, actor (Lone Ranger) on August - 06.   

1868  On this day in history paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909)   

1870  White conservatives suppresed black vote &captured Tenn legislature on this day in history.   

1870  Battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France on this day in history.   

1871  Emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher on August - 06.   

1873  On August - 06 john Wesley Work, composer   

1875  On this day in history marcel Labey, composer   

1879  On August - 06 joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize)   

1881  On August - 06 alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954)   

1882  On this day in history gerrit H Kersten, Dutch vicar/founder (Calvinist party)   

1883  On August - 06 francesco Santoliquido, composer   

1885  On August - 06 jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union   

1886  On August - 06 edward Ballantine, composer   

1886  On August - 06 wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45   

1889  London's Savoy Hotel opens, the first British hotel to have private baths on August - 06.   

1890  On this day in history cy Young pitches &wins 1st game   

1890  On this day in history first use of electric chair in US, John Hart, in NY for murder   

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

1504  Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury was born on August - 06.   

1609  On this day in history birth of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)   

1619  On this day in history birth of barbara Strozzi, composer   

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on August - 06.   

1644  Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV was born on this day in history.   

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

1651  On August - 06 birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer   

0258  Death of Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded on this day in history.   

0523  Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on August - 06.   

0966  On August - 06 death of berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)   

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 this day in history death of dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)   

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.