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April 6 in History

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Historical Events on April 6

46 BC

Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus.
402

Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
1199

King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder.
1250

Seventh Crusade: Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur.
1320

The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
1327

The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.
1385

John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.
1453

Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which falls on May 29.
1580

One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.
1652

At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.
1712

The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.
1776

American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
1782

King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.
1793

During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
1808

John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.
1812

British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France.
1814

Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1830

Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette or Manchester, New York.
1841

U.S. President John Tyler is sworn in, two days after having become President upon William Henry Harrison's death.
1860

The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.
1861

First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
1862

American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
1865

American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.
1866

The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
1869

Celluloid is patented.
1888

Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
1893

Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
1895

Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
1896

In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
1909

Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole.
1911

During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
1917

World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
1919

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a general strike.
1926

Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
1929

Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
1930

Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire," beginning the Salt Satyagraha.
1936

Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
1941

World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).
1945

World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
1945

World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.
1947

The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
1957

Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
1965

Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
1968

In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
1968

Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
1970

Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.
1972

Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
1973

Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
1973

The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
1974

The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
1979

Student protests break out in Nepal.
1984

Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
1992

The Bosnian War begins.
1994

The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.
1998

Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
1998

Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed on October 8, of that year, forming Citibank.
2004

Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
2005

Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.
2008

The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
2009

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
2010

Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.
2011

In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves.
2012

Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.

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