Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Aug 6, 258 |
St Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
Aug 6, 523 |
St Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
Aug 6, 768 |
Antipope Constantine II deposed |
Aug 6, 939 |
Battle at Simancas - Spain beats Moors |
Aug 6, 1181 |
Supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers |
Aug 6, 1497 |
Italian explorer John Cabot returns to Bristol from North America (Newfoundland) - first European to do so since the Vikings |
Aug 6, 1538 |
Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. |
Aug 6, 1600 |
Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588 |
Aug 6, 1601 |
Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius |
Aug 6, 1623 |
Maffeo Barberini elected Pope Urban VIII |
Aug 6, 1625 |
Earl Earnest Casimir appointed as viceroy of Groningen |
Aug 6, 1661 |
The Treaty of The Hague is signed whereby the Dutch Republic sells New Holland (Brazil) for 63 tonnes of gold |
Aug 6, 1675 |
Russian Tsar Alexis bans foreign hair styles to those below the nobility |
Aug 6, 1726 |
Emperor Karel VI & Tsarina Catharine the Great sign military treaty |
Aug 6, 1774 |
Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY |
Aug 6, 1787 |
Constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate |
Aug 6, 1806 |
Holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire. Francis II renounces the title, becoming Emperor of Austria. |
Aug 6, 1815 |
US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli |
Aug 6, 1819 |
Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States. |
Aug 6, 1821 |
1st edition of "Courrier of Pays-Bas" newspaper published in Brussels |
Aug 6, 1824 |
Battle at Junan - Simon Bolívar's army defeats the Spanish |
Aug 6, 1825 |
Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day) |
Aug 6, 1845 |
The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg. |
Aug 6, 1856 |
The Great Bell is cast in the Great Clock of Westminster (Big Ben) |
Aug 6, 1861 |
US Congress passes First Confiscation Act |
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Jose Rizal
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John Quincy Adams
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