On August 6
258 Pope Sixtus II was beheaded during the persecution by
Emperor Valerian.
939 Battle at Simancas - Spain defeated the Moors. Arab
witnesses reported a spectacular eclipse of the sun that took place on the
first day of the battle, a bad omen.
1181 Supernova was observed by Chinese and
Japanese astronomers.
1284 The Republic of Pisa was defeated in the Battle of
Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the
Mediterranean.
1806 Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicated, ending
the Holy Roman Empire.
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