On November 6, history records 42 notable events, 169 famous births and 107 deaths, spanning the years 355 to 1860.
Events on this day include: Roman emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls. (355); A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers. (447).
Notable people born on November 6 include Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March (1391), Joanna of Castile (1479), Philip I, Margrave of Baden (1479).
Notable figures who died on this day include Li Yong (prince) (838), Pope John XVII (1003), Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia (1078).
Events on 6 November 42
See all →Roman emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls.
A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.
Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is deposed on charges of a armed rebellion against Otto.
The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke which re-establishes for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs.
Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in the area that would become Texas.
Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.
Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work of fiction by the author later known as George Eliot, is submitted for publication.
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Birthdays on 6 November 169
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