Historical Events In December - 06

0343  Saint Nicholas on this day in history.   

0963  On this day in history leo VIII elected Pope   

1060  On December - 06 béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary   

1160  On this day in history jean Bodels "Jeu de St Nicholas," premieres in Arras   

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1196  On this day in history northern Dutch coast flooded, "Saint-Nicolaas Flood"   

1240  Mongols under Batu Khan occupy & destroy Kiev on December - 06.   

1352  On this day in history clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies   

1421  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) on this day in history.   

1424  Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews on December - 06.   

1491  On December - 06 king Charles VIII of France marries Anna of Bretagne   

1492  Christopher Columbus discovers Hispaniola, later changed to Haiti on December - 06.   

1492  Haiti discovered by Columbus, at Mole Saint Nicolas on December - 06.   

1527  On December - 06 pope Clemens VII fleas to Orvieto   

1531  John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded on this day in history.   

1534  On this day in history quito, Ecuador founded by Spanish   

1550  On this day in history orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1562  On December - 06 jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on December - 06.   

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland on December - 06.   

1631  On December - 06 the first predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed   

1631  1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed on this day in history.   

1640  On this day in history matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75   

1641  On this day in history don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands   

1648  On this day in history pride's Purge: Thomas Pride prevents 96 presbyterians from sitting in English parliament   

1651  Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1658  Gracian, writer, dies on December - 06.   

1723  On December - 06 emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctie declares Constitution   

1731  On December - 06 s von Laroche, writer   

1732  1st play in American colonies acted by professional players, NYC on December - 06.   

1732  On this day in history warren Hastings, England, 1st governor-General of India (1773-84)   

1743  Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer on December - 06.   

1745  On this day in history charles Edward Stewart and the Jacobite Army retreated from Derby, England.   

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0846  On December - 06 birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)   

1285  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on this day in history.   

1421  On this day in history birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)   

1478  On December - 06 birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)   

1550  On December - 06 birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

1586  On this day in history birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)   

1608  On this day in history birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland   

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on December - 06.   

0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas   

1185  On December - 06 afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76   

1352  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on December - 06.   

1531  Death of John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded on this day in history.   

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1562  On this day in history jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on this day in history.   

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on December - 06.