Page 2: Historical Events In December - 06

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies army retreats to Scotland on this day in history.   

1756  British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India on December - 06.   

1768  On December - 06 first edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland)   

1768  On this day in history 1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland)   

1768  Johann Baptist Henneberg, composer on this day in history.   

1774  Austria becomes the first nation to introduce state education on December - 06.   

1775  Nicolas Isouard, composer on this day in history.   

1776  Paul Friedrich Struck, composer on December - 06.   

1787  On this day in history laurens Pieter van de Speigel appointed Dutch pension advisor   

1790  Congress meets in Philadelphia, new temporary US capitol on December - 06.   

1790  On this day in history the U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   

1792  On December - 06 abraham J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary)   

1793  On December - 06 marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded   

1799  On this day in history joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71   

1806  On this day in history louis-Gilbert Duprez, composer   

1808  On this day in history johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author (Future)   

1809  Stephen Thomas, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903 on this day in history.   

1816  Henry Eustace McCulloch, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 on December - 06.   

1820  US president James Monroe re-elected on December - 06.   

1822  On this day in history veterinary school in Utrecht opens   

1822  John Eberhard, built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US on this day in history.   

1825  President John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory on December - 06.   

1825  On this day in history pres John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory   

1831  Joshua Woodrow Sill, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on December - 06.   

1833  On this day in history hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de la Plata   

1833  On December - 06 john Singleton Mosby, lawyer/Col (Confederate Army), died in 1916   

1834  On this day in history jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54   

1841  Robert Schumann's 4th Symphony in D, premieres on this day in history.   

1843  Amsterdam-Utrecht railway opens on December - 06.   

1843  On this day in history albert de Vriendt, Flemish historical painter/etcher   

1845  On this day in history alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity is founded at Yale College.   

1846  On December - 06 the opera "La Damnation de Faust" is produced (Paris)   

1846  Opera "La Damnation de Faust" is produced (Paris) on this day in history.   

1846  Henryk Jarecki, composer on this day in history.   

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

1285  On December - 06 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  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1637  On December - 06 birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)   

0343  On December - 06 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  On December - 06 death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

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

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  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on this day in history.