What is August 6?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === *[[1223]] &ndash; [[Louis VIII of France]] and [[Blanche of Castile]] are crowned [[King]] and [[Queen]] of [[France]]. *[[1284]] &ndash; The [[Republic of Pisa]] is defeated in the [[Battle of Meloria]] by the [[Republic of Genoa]], therefore losing its [[Navy|naval]] dominance in the [[Mediterranean]]. *[[1506]] &ndash; The [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] defeats the [[Crimean Khanate]] in the [[Battle of Kletsk]]. *[[1538]] &ndash; [[Bogota]], the present-day capital city of [[Colombia]], is founded by [[Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada]]. *[[1661]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of The Hague]] is signed by [[Portugal]] and the [[Dutch Republic]]. *[[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The bloody [[Battle of Oriskany]] prevents American relief of the [[Siege of Fort Stanwix]]. *[[1787]] &ndash; Sixty proof sheets of the [[United States Constitution]] are delivered to the Constitution Convention in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. *[[1806]] &ndash; [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis II]], the last [[Holy Roman Emperor]], abdicates, thus ending the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. *[[1813]] &ndash; [[Simon Bolivar]] takes control of [[Caracas]] (present-day [[Venezuela]]) from the Spanish. *[[1825]] &ndash; [[Bolivia]] gains independence from [[Peru]]. *[[1845]] &ndash; The [[Russian Geographical Society]] is founded in [[Saint Petersburg]]. *[[1861]] &ndash; [[British]] annexation of [[Lagos]], [[Nigeria]]. *[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] ironclad [[CSS Arkansas|CSS ''Arkansas'']] is scuttled on the [[Mississippi River]] after suffering damage in a battle with the [[USS Essex (1856)|USS ''Essex'']] near [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]. *[[1870]] &ndash; [[Franco-Prussian War]]: The [[Battle]]s of [[Battle of Spicheren|Spicheren]] and [[Battle of Woerth|Woerth]] both end in [[Prussia]]n victory. *[[1890]] &ndash; At [[Auburn Prison]] in [[New York (state)|New York]], the first [[execution (legal)|execution]] by [[