Events on 6 August 46
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The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
Year 1506
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of Kletsk
Year 1777
American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
Year 1787
Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Year 1806
Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, ending the Holy Roman Empire.
Year 1819
Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 4
Birthdays on 6 August 189
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Emperor Go-Toba
b. 1180 – d. 1239
Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
Matthew Parker
b. 1504 – d. 1575
Matthew Parker, English archbishop (d. 1575)
Fakhr-al-Din II
b. 1572 – d. 1635
Fakhr-al-Din II, Ottoman prince (d. 1635)
Bulstrode Whitelocke
b. 1605 – d. 1675
Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer (d. 1675)
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Richard Bennett (Governor)
b. 1609 – d. 1675
Richard Bennett, English-American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)
Barbara Strozzi
b. 1619 – d. 1677
Barbara Strozzi, Italian composer and singer-songwriter (d. 1677)
Tjerk Hiddes de Vries
b. 1622 – d. 1666
Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Frisian naval hero and commander (b. 1622)
Nicolas Malebranche
b. 1638 – d. 1715
Nicolas Malebranche, French priest and philosopher (d. 1715)
Louise de La Vallière
b. 1644 – d. 1710
Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1710)
François Fénelon
b. 1651 – d. 1715
François Fénelon, French archbishop and poet (d. 1715)
Claude de Forbin
b. 1656 – d. 1733
Claude de Forbin, French general (d. 1733)
Maria Sophia of Neuburg
b. 1666 – d. 1699
Maria Sophia of Neuburg (d. 1699)
Deaths on 6 August 100
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Pope Sixtus II
d. 258
Pope Sixtus II
Pope Hormisdas
d. 523 (b. 450)
Pope Hormisdas (b. 450)
Marwan II
d. 750 (b. 688)
Marwan II, Umayyad general and caliph (b. 688)
Richard III, Duke of Normandy
d. 1027
Richard III, Duke of Normandy
Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
d. 1162 (b. 1113)
Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (b. 1113)
Henry the Lion
d. 1195 (b. 1129)
Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. 1129)
Saint Dominic
d. 1221 (b. 1170)
Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominicans (d. 1221)
Stephen V of Hungary
d. 1272 (b. 1239)
Stephen V of Hungary (b. 1239)
Francesco I Gattilusio
d. 1384
Francesco I of Lesbos
Ladislaus of Naples
d. 1414 (b. 1377)
Ladislaus of Naples (b. 1377)
Pope Callixtus III
d. 1458 (b. 1378)
Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
Jacopo Sannazaro
d. 1530 (b. 1458)
Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (b. 1458)