On March 6, history records 41 notable events, 176 famous births and 109 deaths, spanning the years 632 to 1834.
Events on this day include: The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. (632); Execution of the 42 Martyrs of Amorium at Samarra. (845).
Notable people born on March 6 include John of Gaunt (1340), John II of Castile (1405), Jakob Fugger (1459).
Notable figures who died on this day include Prince of Hongnong (190), Li Ke (653), Chrodegang (766).
Events on 6 March 41
See all →The Siege of Château Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England, who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus.
Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to King Casimir IV of Poland who agrees to commit his forces in aiding the Confederation's struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.
The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.
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Birthdays on 6 March 176
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Deaths on 6 March 109
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