Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Apr 6, 46 BC |
Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus. |
Apr 6, 402 |
Battle at Pollentia: Roman army under Stilicho beats Visigoten |
Apr 6, 610 |
Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran descended to Earth |
Apr 6, 774 |
Charles the Great (Charlemagne) confirmed the gift to the Pope of the territories belonging to Ravenna made by his father Pepin the Short at Quiercy-sur-Loire in 753 |
Apr 6, 1106 |
Fire in Venice |
Apr 6, 1320 |
The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. |
Apr 6, 1327 |
Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura |
Apr 6, 1362 |
Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France |
Apr 6, 1385 |
John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal. |
Apr 6, 1516 |
A Willaert installed as singer of cardinal Ippolito I d'Este |
Apr 6, 1634 |
Heeren XIX asks "to secure Eylands Curacao" |
Apr 6, 1652 |
Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established by Dutch East India Company under John of Riebeeck |
Apr 6, 1663 |
King Charles II signs Carolina Charter |
Apr 6, 1664 |
France & Saxony sign alliance |
Apr 6, 1667 |
An earthquake devastates Dubrovnik, then an independent city-state. |
Apr 6, 1672 |
France declares war on Netherlands |
Apr 6, 1712 |
Slave revolt in NY |
Apr 6, 1722 |
Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, ends tax on men with beards |
Apr 6, 1724 |
Duke of Newcastle becomes English minister of Foreign Affairs |
Apr 6, 1727 |
Denmark signs Covenant of Hannover |
Apr 6, 1757 |
British King George II fires minister William Pitt Sr |
Apr 6, 1782 |
Rama I succeeds King Taksin of Siam (modern day Thailand), who is overthrown in a coup d'état. |
Apr 6, 1789 |
1st US Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, NYC |
Apr 6, 1808 |
John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company. |
Apr 6, 1815 |
English militia shoots prisoners, 100's killed |
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