Historical Events In December - 06

0343  Saint Nicholas on this day in history.  

0963  Leo VIII elected Pope on December - 06.  

1060  Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary on December - 06.  

1160  On December - 06 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  Northern Dutch coast flooded, "Saint-Nicolaas Flood" on December - 06.  

1240  On December - 06 mongols under Batu Khan occupy & destroy Kiev  

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 December - 06.  

1424  On December - 06 don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews  

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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  Pope Clemens VII fleas to Orvieto on this day in history.  

1531  On December - 06 john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded  

1534  On December - 06 quito, Ecuador founded by Spanish  

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer on this day in history.  

1550  On December - 06 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48  

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

1598  On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78  

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

1631  On this day in history the first predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed  

1631  On December - 06 1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed  

1640  Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1641  Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands on this day in history.  

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

1651  On December - 06 anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68  

1658  Gracian, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1723  Emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctie declares Constitution on December - 06.  

1731  On December - 06 s von Laroche, writer  

1732  On this day in history 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players, NYC  

1732  Warren Hastings, England, 1st governor-General of India (1773-84) on this day in history.  

1743  Franz Nikolaus Novotny, composer on December - 06.  

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

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0846  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on this day in history.  

1285  On this day in history birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)  

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

1478  On this day in history birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)  

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on December - 06.  

1586  On December - 06 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  On this day in history birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)  

0343  On December - 06 death of saint Nicholas  

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

1352  On December - 06 clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies  

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  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on December - 06.  

1598  On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78  

1618  On December - 06 death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)