July 6 Historical Events

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

Found 61 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 371 BC
  The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeated Cleombrotus I, takes place
• 640
  Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).
• 1044
  The Battle of Ménfő between troops led by Emperor Henry III and Magyar forces led by Samuel Aba, King of Hungary, takes place.
• 1189
  Richard I “the Lionheart” accedes to the English throne.
• 1253
  Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
• 1348
  Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.
• 1411
  Ming China’s Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor.
• 1415
  Jan Hus is condemned as a heretic and then burned at the stake.
• 1483
  Richard III is crowned King of England.
• 1484
  Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
• 1495
  First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League.
• 1535
  Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
• 1557
  King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
• 1560
  The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
• 1573
  Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.

• 1573
  French Wars of Religion: Siege of La Rochelle ends.
• 1614
  Żejtun and the surrounding villages suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.
• 1630
  Thirty Years’ War: Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
• 1685
  Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.
• 1751
  Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
• 1777
  American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
• 1779
  Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• 1801
  First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
• 1809
  The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1854
  In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
• 1865
  The first issue of The Nation magazine is published.
• 1885
  Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
• 1887
  David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint by Americans to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights.
• 1892
  Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
• 1892
  Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.