Historical Events In August - 06

0258  On this day in history st Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

0523  On August - 06 st Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0523  On this day in history hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies   

0768  On August - 06 constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0768  On August - 06 [Constantine] ends his reign as Catholic Pope   

0939  Battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors on this day in history.   

0966  Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on August - 06.   

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

1221  On this day in history dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)   

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

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

1497  John Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America on this day in history.   

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

1538  Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada on this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies   

1588  Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors on this day in history.   

1600  Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588 on August - 06.   

1601  Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius on August - 06.   

1619  On this day in history barbara Strozzi, composer   

1623  On August - 06 maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII   

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

1625  On this day in history earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen   

1637  On this day in history ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65   

1638  On this day in history nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher   

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

1651  On August - 06 francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)   

1657  On this day in history bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble   

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

1661  On August - 06 holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders   

1661  On August - 06 jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies   

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

1504  Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1644  On this day in history 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 August - 06.   

0258  On this day in history 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  Death of Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on this day in history.   

1272  On this day in history 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.