Historical Events In April - 06

0000  Earliest recorded solar eclipse on this day in history.  

0000  On April - 06 the birth of Jesus (according to scholars' estimates, Religious leader)  

0402  On this day in history battle at Pollentia: Roman army under Stilicho beats Visigoten  

0610  Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran descended to Earth on this day in history.  

0648  -BC- Earliest total solar eclipse; chronicled by Greeks on April - 06.  

0774  On this day in history charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy  

0885  Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies on this day in history.  

0912  On this day in history nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71  

1106  On this day in history fire in Venice  

1199  On this day in history richard I the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41  

1199  Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1252  On April - 06 peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45  

1320  The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath on this day in history.  

1327  On April - 06 italian poet Petrarch first sets eyes on his beloved Laura  

1327  Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura on April - 06.  

1348  Italian poet Petrarch's beloved Laura dies of plague on April - 06.  

1348  Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague on April - 06.  

1362  Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France on this day in history.  

1362  On April - 06 jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle  

1385  On this day in history john, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.  

1472  On this day in history pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies  

1483  The birth of Raphael, Italian painter on April - 06.  

1483  On April - 06 raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina)  

1489  On April - 06 hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded  

1490  On April - 06 matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, dies  

1516  On this day in history a Willaert installed as singer of cardinal Ippolito I d'Este  

1520  On April - 06 raphael artist dies on his 37th birthday  

1520  On April - 06 raphael [Sanzio], artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 37th birthday  

1528  Albrecht Durer, German painter/graphic artist, dies in Germany at 56 on April - 06.  

1551  On April - 06 joachim Vadianus, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66  

1571  On this day in history john Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician  

1590  Francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies at about 57 on April - 06.  

1593  On this day in history henry Barrow, English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged  

1605  John Stow, British historian, dies on this day in history.  

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1483  On April - 06 birth of raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina)  

1613  On this day in history birth of stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683)  

1631  On April - 06 birth of vincenzo De Grandis, composer  

1632  On this day in history birth of maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649)  

1651  On this day in history birth of andré Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)  

1660  On April - 06 birth of johann Kuhnau, composer  

1664  Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742) was born on April - 06.  

1671  Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs) was born on this day in history.  

0885  On April - 06 methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies  

0912  Nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71 on April - 06.  

1147  On April - 06 death of frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090)  

1199  On this day in history richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41  

1252  On this day in history peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45  

1348  Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague on April - 06.  

1362  Death of Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle on this day in history.  

1472  Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies on this day in history.