Events on 6 December 43
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Pope Leo VIII is appointed to the office of Protonotary and begins his papacy as antipope of Rome.
Year 1240
Mongol invasion of Rus': Kiev under Daniel of Galicia and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
Year 1534
The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
Year 1648
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".
Year 1704
Battle of Chamkaur (1704): During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.
Year 1865
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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Hasan al-Askari
b. 846 – d. 874
Hasan al-Askari, Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (d. 874)
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Ferdinand IV of Castile
b. 1285 – d. 1312
Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)
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Henry VI of England
b. 1421 – d. 1471
Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
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Baldassare Castiglione
b. 1478 – d. 1529
Baldassare Castiglione, Italian courtier, diplomat, and author (d. 1529)
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Barbara Radziwiłł
b. 1520 – d. 1551
Barbara Radziwiłł, queen of Poland (d. 1551)
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Janus Dousa
b. 1545 – d. 1604
Janus Dousa, Dutch historian and noble (d. 1604)
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Niccolò Zucchi
b. 1586 – d. 1670
Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1670)
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William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle
b. 1592 – d. 1676
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (b. 1592)
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George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
b. 1608 – d. 1670
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1670)
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Edmund Andros
b. 1637 – d. 1714
Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (d. 1714)
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Claude Fleury
b. 1640 – d. 1723
Claude Fleury, French historian and author (d. 1723)
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Johann Christoph Bach
b. 1642 – d. 1703
Johann Christoph Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1703)
Deaths on 6 December 86
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Saint Nicholas
d. 343 (b. 270)
Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (b. 270)
Prince Toneri
d. 735 (b. 676)
Prince Toneri of Japan (b. 676)
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Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya
d. 762 (b. 710)
Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Arab rebel leader (b. 710)
Afonso I of Portugal
d. 1185 (b. 1109)
Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)
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Maximus, Metropolitan of all Rus
d. 1305
Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev
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Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk
d. 1306 (b. 1270)
Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (b. 1270)
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Pope Clement VI
d. 1352 (b. 1291)
Pope Clement VI (b. 1291)
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Jan van Scorel
d. 1562 (b. 1495)
Jan van Scorel Dutch painter (b. 1495)
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Jacques Davy Duperron
d. 1618 (b. 1556)
Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
Baltasar Gracián
d. 1658 (b. 1601)
Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (b. 1601)
John Lightfoot
d. 1675 (b. 1602)
John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (b. 1602)
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Eleonora Gonzaga (1630-1686)
d. 1686 (b. 1630)
Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (b. 1630)