Salt Lake Times | 1890-08-06 | Page 4 | This Date History- August 6

THIS DATE IN HISTOBI AUGUST 6, IHl-Death of St. Deminlc ! Guunaa, founder of the order of Domlnleus. 1S8 Death, of Ann Hathaway, wife of Shakespeare. Shake-speare. JM7 Death of Ben Jensen; born 157. 1U1 Birth of Fenelon, author of "Temelachui;' died 1718. IMO-Death of Velasquez, celebrated Spanish painter; born 1509. 1776 Birth of Daniel O'Connell, Irish patriot; died 167. 1101 Death of Geo. Robert Cunningham CBaroa Roannore), a famous character In Ireland, 1609 Fraud II renounced power a emperor of the German states, absolving the princes from all allegiance to the house of Hapsburg. Thus after the lapse of 1006 years from the time when the shout was raised In the church of St. Peter, "Long life and vl.tory to Charles Augustus," who had Just been crowned by the pope "Emperor of the Romans," the political po-litical fabric known a "The Bmptre" was obliterated. 180t Birth of Alfred Tennyson In Lincolnshire, England. 1816 Death of Jamaa A. Bayard, of Delaware, statesman; boruIli7, 1840 Louis Napoleon ttempted to excite an insurrection in-surrection at Boulogne and was arretted. IBM Taugiers wa bombarded by the French under un-der Prince de Jolnviile. 1861 Confiscation law enacted by congress. 1870 The French defeated by Prussians at Woerth. 1877 The centennial anniversary of the battle of Oritkany was celebrated on the battle field by over 00,000 people. 1878 F.. A. Burke (since a refugee from LoulaV ana) elected state treasurer.