On December 6, history records 43 notable events, 224 famous births and 86 deaths, spanning the years 963 to 1865.
Events on this day include: Pope Leo VIII is appointed to the office of Protonotary and begins his papacy as antipope of Rome. (963); Béla I is crowned king of Hungary. (1060).
Notable people born on December 6 include Hasan al-Askari (846), Ferdinand IV of Castile (1285), Henry VI of England (1421).
Notable figures who died on this day include Saint Nicholas (343), Prince Toneri (735), Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya (762).
Events on 6 December 43
See all →Pope Leo VIII is appointed to the office of Protonotary and begins his papacy as antipope of Rome.
Mongol invasion of Rus': Kiev under Daniel of Galicia and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge".
Battle of Chamkaur (1704): During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 3
Birthdays on 6 December 224
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