On April 6, history records 63 notable events, 239 famous births and 101 deaths, spanning the years 402 to 1712.
Events on this day include: Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia. (402); King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder. (1199).
Notable people born on April 6 include Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa (1342), Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1573), Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1632).
Notable figures who died on this day include Prudentius of Troyes (861), Pei Che (887), Liu Churang (943).
Events on 6 April 63
See all →King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder.
Seventh Crusade: Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur.
The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.
One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.
At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.
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Birthdays on 6 April 239
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Deaths on 6 April 101
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