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The following events took place on June 6. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 55 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 1508

  Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friuli by Venetian troops
• 1513

  Italian Wars: Battle of Novara. Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis II de la Trémoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
• 1523

  Gustav Vasa, the Swedish regent, is elected King of Sweden, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union. This is the Swedish national day.
• 1586

  Francis Drake’s forces raid St. Augustine in Spanish Florida.
• 1644

  The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
• 1654

  Queen Christina abdicates the Swedish throne and is succeeded by her cousin Charles X Gustav.
• 1674

  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire, is crowned.
• 1683

  The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world’s first university museum.
• 1749

  The Conspiracy of the Slaves in Malta is discovered.
• 1752

  A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes.
• 1762

  Seven Years’ War: British forces begin a siege of Havana, Cuba, and temporarily capture the city in the Battle of Havana.
• 1808

  Napoleon’s brother, Joseph Bonaparte, is crowned King of Spain.
• 1809

  Sweden promulgates a new Constitution, which restores political power to the Riksdag of the Estates after 20 years of enlightened absolutism. At the same time, Charles XIII is elected to succeed Gustav IV Adolf as King of Sweden.
• 1813

  War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek: A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
• 1822

  Alexis St. Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to William Beaumont’s studies on digestion.
• 1832

  The June Rebellion in Paris is put down by the National Guard.
• 1833

  Andrew Jackson becomes the first U.S. President to ride on a train.
• 1844

  The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
• 1857

  Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden–Norway.
• 1859

  Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).
• 1862

  American Civil War: Battle of Memphis: Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
• 1882

  More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed when a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour.
• 1882

  The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
• 1889

  The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• 1892

  The Chicago “L” commuter rail system begins operation
• 1894

  Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners’ strike.
• 1909

  French troops capture Abéché (in modern-day Chad) and install a puppet sultan in the Ouaddai Empire.
• 1912

  The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
• 1918

  World War I: Battle of Belleau Wood: The U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day’s casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Château-Thierry.
• 1919

  The Republic of Prekmurje ends.

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