On May 6, history records 53 notable events, 175 famous births and 88 deaths, spanning the years 1527 to 1782.
Events on this day include: Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die fighting the forces of C... (1527); The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish. (1536).
Notable people born on May 6 include Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973), Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1464), Girolamo Seripando (1493).
Notable figures who died on this day include Eadberht of Lindisfarne (698), Emperor Ninmyō (850), Qian Liu (932).
Events on 6 May 53
See all →Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant'Angelo.
The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.
King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.
English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
The end of Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740-1757).
English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
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Birthdays on 6 May 175
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Deaths on 6 May 88
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