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November 6 in history

198 sourced entries recorded on November 6, from 15 CE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 355In Mediolanum (Italy), Emperor Constantius II raises his cousin Julian the Apostate to the rank of Caesar. He takes command of the western provinces and marries Constantius' sister, Helena.source
  • 447The Walls of Constantinople are severely damaged by an earthquake, which destroys large parts of the structure, including 57 towers. The population is threatened by a plague. Emperor Theodosius II orders Constantine, praetorian prefect of the East, to supervise the repairs. He employs the city's demoi ("Circus factions") in the work, and rebuilds the walls within 60 days.source
  • 516The Council of Tarragona (modern Spain) is held.source
  • 963Synod of Rome: Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica. John XII is deposed on charges that he has conducted himself dishonorably and instigated an armed rebellion against Otto.source
  • 1058Byzantine Emperor Isaac I Komnenos deposes Michael I Cerularius, patriarch of Constantinople, and has him exiled to Prokonnessos (until 1059).source
  • 1153The Treaty of Wallingford: Henry of Anjou and Stephen ratify the terms of a permanent peace under the direction of Archbishop Theobald of Bec. Ending the civil war (The Anarchy) – between England and Normandy after 18-years. The treaty grants the throne to Stephen for the duration of his life, but makes Henry the heir apparent.source
  • 1282Battle of Moel-y-don: English forces led by Luke de Tany are ambushed and defeated by Welsh troops, while crossing over a floating bridge to the island of Anglesey.source
  • 1412The rebel Emir Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh becomes the new Mamluk Sultan of Egypt by forcing the reigning Sultan Al-Musta'in to abdicate. Shaykh allows Al-Musta'in to continue as Caliph of Cairo.source
  • 1429The formal coronation of the 6-year-old Henry VI as King of England takes place at Westminster Abbey.source
  • 1444Cormac Mác Shamhradháin was appointed as the next Bishop of Ardagh.source
  • 1450The 18th parliament of King Henry VI of England opens. Commons elects William Oldhall as its speaker.source
  • 1492In what is now the West African nation of Mali, Sonni Baru becomes the new monarch of the Songhai Empire following death of his father, the Emperor Sonni Ali.source
  • 1505November 6 (October 27 O.S.) – Vasili III succeeds Ivan III, as Grand Prince of Muscovy, comprising much of modern-day Russia.source
  • 1506Pope Julius II personally leads his troops into Bologna, retaking the city from the excommunicated tyrant Giovanni II Bentivoglio.source
  • 1528Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and his companions become the first known Europeans to set foot on the shores of what is present-day Texas, when they and 80 survivors are wrecked on Galveston Island following a storm. Only 15 live beyond winter, and they are eventually enslaved by various Indian tribes. Eventually, only four of the 81 Spanish survivors— Cabeza de Vaca, Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, Alonso del Castillo Maldonado, and an African slave of Dorantes, Estevanico— are able to escape and return home.source
  • 1545Redmond O'Gallagher is appointed Bishop of Killala by Pope Paul III.source
  • 1558On her deathbed, Queen Mary of England designates her half-sister, Elizabeth, as her successor. Both Mary and Elizabeth are daughters of the late King Henry VIII.source
  • 1559The Ottoman Empire ends its attempt to wrest control of the island of Bahrain from Portuguese control, after a siege of Manama Castle that began on July 2.source
  • 1577The first recorded observation from Earth of the Great Comet of 1577 takes place by Aztec astronomers in Mexico, followed by reports from Italy on November 7 and Japan on November 8. Astronomer Tycho Brahe will track the comet from November 13 until January 26 before it departs the Solar System.source
  • 1591Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War: The Ottoman Empire successfully captures the Croatian rebel fort of Ripač.source
  • 1605The Iranian Safavid ruler Abbas the Great leads the Persian troops to a victory over a larger force of Ottoman Empire troops in the Battle of Sufiyan, and captures Tabriz.source
  • 1610After the Parliament of England gives King James only £ 100,000 of an agreed to £ 600,000 of debt relief promised in February under the Great Contract, the King demands the rest of the funds. Parliament is outraged and declares the Contract abandoned on November 9.source
  • 1616Captain William Murray is granted a royal patent, giving him the sole privilege of importing tobacco to Scotland for a period of 21 years. Continuing from the reign of Elizabeth I, the creation of grants and patents reaches a new highwater mark from 1614 to 1621, during the reign of James I of England.source
  • 1616November 6–25 – Ben Jonson's works are published in a collected folio edition (the first of any English playwright).source
  • 1625November 1–7 – Cádiz Expedition: English forces commanded by Admiral George Villiers (which set out from Plymouth on October 8) are decisively defeated by the Spanish at Cádiz.source
  • 1626November 6 (O.S.) – The ship Arms of Amsterdam arrives in Europe from New Netherland (left September 23) with the news: "They have purchased the Island Manhattes [Manhattan] from the Indians for the value of 60 guilders."source
  • 1656At the age of 13, Prince Afonso, Duke of Braganza becomes the new King of Portugal upon the death of his father, King João IV. Because of his age and a mental disability King Afonso VI's authority is exercised instead by his mother, Queen Luisa, as Regent.source
  • 1657Brandenburg and Poland sign the Treaty of Bromberg.source
  • 1658The Mexican Inquisition carries out the execution, by public burning, of 14 men convicted of homosexuality, while another 109 arrested are either released or given less harsh sentences.source
  • 1662Dorte Laurtitsdatter, Maren Sigvaldsdatter and Marit Rasmusdatter from Vadsø, and Ragnhild Klemetsdatter, Maren Mogensdatter and Marit Hemingsdatter from Ekkerøy, were all burned to death for witchcraft.source
  • 1663The Kingdom of Sweden adopts a law creating the flag in use in the nation now, a yellow Nordic cross on a blue background. The original version, used as a state flag and on ships, had three pennants.source
  • 1664The oldest hospital in India, the Government General Hospital, is opened at Madras by the English East India Company for the treatment of ill soldiers.source
  • 1706A British attempt to conquer the Canary Islands fails when a fleet of 12 Royal Navy warships, commanded by Admiral John Jennings is forced to retreat after being met by a heavy artillery attack while sailing into Santa Cruz Baysource
  • 1706a Glasgow mob opposed to the Union threatens the Lord Provost.source
  • 1713The Dublin election riot breaks out during the fiercely contested Irish General Election. "Police and public order in eighteenth-century Dublin", by Neal Garnham, in Two Capitals: London and Dublin, 1500–1840source
  • 1740Charles Wesley records in his diary a visit to the Glascott family home at Cardiff.source
  • 1740Samuel Richardson's popular and influential epistolary novel, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded, is published anonymously in London.source
  • 1740Samuel Richardson's epistolary novel Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded is published anonymously in London.source
  • 1789Pope Pius VI creates the first diocese in the United States at Baltimore, and appoints John Carroll the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States.source
  • 1789Pope Pius VI appoints John Carroll the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States.source
  • 1792The second United States presidential election is held. Incumbent President George Washington receives all 132 electoral votes for president, and incumbent Vice President John Adams is re-elected with 77 of 132 votes, with George Clinton receiving 50.source
  • 1792War of the First Coalition: Battle of Jemappes – Austrian armies under the command of Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen are defeated in Belgium (at this time part of the Austrian Netherlands) by the French Army led by General Charles François Dumouriez.source
  • 1796French forces (9,500 men) under Masséna attack the Austrian army at Fontaniva. After a desperate assault he is outnumbered, and forced to retreat to Verona.source
  • 1796Reykjavík Cathedral is consecrated.source
  • 1806Swedish defeat at Lübeck in the Franco-Swedish War.source
  • 1830After 3 or 4 days hidden aboard the Elizabeth while anchored in Akaroa, Te Rauparaha and his warriors attack and massacre a village of local Kāi Tahu, and then cannibalise them.source
  • 1837November 6 Louis-Joseph Papineau begins the Lower Canada Rebellion in the Quebec city of Montreal.source
  • 1837In Montreal, the Doric Club come to blows with "Sons of Liberty."source
  • 1844The Dominican Republic drafts its first Constitution.source
  • 1847November 4–8 – James Young Simpson discovers the anesthetic properties of chloroform and first uses it, successfully, on a patient, in an obstetric case in Edinburgh.source
  • 1848Nationalrat and Ständerat meet in Bern for the first timesource
  • 1848beginning of Praieira revolt.source
  • 18601860 United States presidential election: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the United States, the first Republican to hold that office, defeating John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas, and John Bell.source
  • 18601860 United States presidential election: Abraham Lincoln beats John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas, and John Bell and is elected as the 16th president of the United States, the first Republican to hold that office.source
  • 1861First message sent via the newly completed Sydney to Brisbane telegraph line.source
  • 1865American Civil War: The CSS Shenandoah, last remnant of the Confederate States of America and its military, surrenders in Liverpool after fleeing westward from the Pacific.source
  • 1865American Civil War: Surrender to HMS Donegal at Liverpool of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Shenandoah.source
  • 1869The first game of American football between two American colleges is played. Rutgers University defeats Princeton University 6–4, in a forerunner to American football and College football.source
  • 1869College of New Jersey (Princeton) defeat the Rutgers Queensmen (Rutgers) 6 to 4 in New Brunswick, N.J. in what is widely considered the first ever American football game with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, becoming known as "The Birthplace of College Football"source
  • 1874The University of Adelaide is founded in Australia.source
  • 1874University of Adelaide established by act of the South Australian Parliament; it opened in 1876.source
  • 1887The Association football club Celtic F.C. is formed in Glasgow, Scotland, by Irish Marist Brother Walfrid, to help alleviate poverty in the city's East End by raising money for his charity, the 'Poor Children's Dinner Table'.source
  • 18881888 United States presidential election: Democratic Party incumbent Grover Cleveland wins the popular vote, but loses the Electoral College vote to Republican challenger Benjamin Harrison, therefore losing the election.source
  • 1888Mentor wins the Melbourne Cup.source
  • 1894Republicans win by a landslide in the United States House of Representatives elections, which sets the stage for the decisive presidential election of 1896.source
  • 1894Republican win by a landslide in the House of Representatives elections, which sets the stage for the decisive 1896 presidential election.source
  • 19001900 United States presidential election: Republican incumbent William McKinley is re-elected by defeating Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan in a rematch.source
  • 1903The English-language South China Morning Post newspaper is first published in Hong Kong.source
  • 1905Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Liège closes.source
  • 1906Poseidon wins the Melbourne Cup.source
  • 1906Ole Olsen founds Nordisk Film in Valby, Copenhagen, making it the oldest continuously operating film studio in the world.source
  • 1908The North Island Main Trunk railway linking Wellington and Auckland is completed, with the last spike driven in by Prime Minister Joseph Ward at Manganui-o-te-Ao and commemorated by the Last Spike Monument.source
  • 1908Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers. There are many rumors to the contrary however, and their grave sites are unmarked.source
  • 1910The Italian rider Giovanni Micheletto wins the 6th Giro di Lombardia bicycle race.source
  • 1913Mohandas Gandhi is arrested, while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.source
  • 1913Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.source
  • 1914Eulalio Gutiérrez is declared President of Mexico during the Convention of Aguascalientessource
  • 1917WWI: The Battle of Hareira and Sheria is launched by the British XX Corps and Desert Mounted Corps, against the central Ottoman defences protecting the Gaza to Beersheba Road.source
  • 1926The policy of police confinement and internment begins with the issuance of Royal Decree 1848 and lasts until 1943. The decree allows Fascist Italy to deport its perceived political enemies as alleged subversives acting against the State, some of whom were later being knowingly deported to their imminent deaths in concentration camps. In spite of the Fascist regime, many Italians resisted and helped hide people from the authorities.source
  • 19281928 United States presidential election: Republican Herbert Hoover wins by a wide margin, over Democratic New York Governor Al Smith.source
  • 1930South West Africa – Witvlei to Gobabis, 31 mi 44 ch.source
  • 1931November 4–18 - Jiangqiao Campaignsource
  • 1931Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba arrives in America for the first time.source
  • 1932November 1932 German federal election: The Nazis remain the largest party in the Reichstag but their share of the seats drops from 37% to 32%. The Communists (KPD) are the second largest party. This will be the last free election for the whole of Germany until 1990.source
  • 1933Knut Johannesen, speed skater and double Olympic gold medallistsource
  • 1934Attempted exclusion of Egon Kisch from Australia begins.source
  • 1934The Australian government attempts to stop left-wing writer Egon Erwin Kisch from entering the country, using the language provisions of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 which allowed a test in any European language. The multi-lingual Kisch was tested in Scottish Gaelic, although the decision to block his entry was later overturned by the High Court.source
  • 1937Italy joins the Anti-Comintern Pact.source
  • 1939WWII: Sonderaktion Krakau – Germans take action against scientists from the University of Kraków, and other Kraków universities.source
  • 1939Hedda Hopper's Hollywood debuts on radio in the United States with gossip columnist Hedda Hopper as host (the show runs until 1951, making Hopper a powerful figure among the Hollywood elite).source
  • 1940November 2–8 – WWII: Greco-Italian War – Battle of Elaia–Kalamas in Epirus: Outnumbered Greek forces repel the Italian Army.source
  • 1940Agatha Christie's mystery novel And Then There Were None is published in book form, in the United States.source
  • 1942WWII: Battle of Madagascar ends when Vichy French forces on Madagascar sign an armistice with the Allies.source
  • 1943The 26th Anniversary of the October Revolution Celebration Meetingsource
  • 1944Hanford Site in Washington (state) produces its first plutonium.source
  • 1945According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a passenger ship Toyo-maru No 10, capsized off Hakata Island, Seto Inland Sea, Ehime Prefecture, 397 persons were perished.source
  • 1947The television program Meet the Press makes its debut, on the NBC-TV network in the United States.source
  • 19561956 United States presidential election: Republican incumbent Dwight D. Eisenhower defeats Democratic challenger Adlai Stevenson, in a rematch of their contest 4 years earlier.source
  • 1962Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.source
  • 19631963 South Vietnamese coup: Coup leader General Dương Văn Minh takes over as leader of South Vietnam.source
  • 1965Laguna del Desierto incidentsource
  • 1966Lunar Orbiter 2 is launched.source
  • 1969Coastlands Shopping Centre opens for the first time.source
  • 1971Operation Grommet: The U.S. tests a thermonuclear warhead at Amchitka Island in Alaska, code-named Project Cannikin. At around 5 megatons, it is the largest ever U.S. underground detonation.source
  • 1975The Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.source
  • 1976Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India's Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.source
  • 1976Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India’s Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.source
  • 1977The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, United States, fails, killing 39 people.source
  • 1979At Montevideo, Uruguay, the International Olympic Committee adopts a resolution, whereby Taiwan Olympic and sports teams will participate with the name Chinese Taipei in future Olympic Games and international sports tournaments and championships.source
  • 1982Paul Biya becomes the second president of Cameroon following the resignation of Ahmadou Ahidjo.source
  • 1982The National Civil Defence Plan was launched, setting guidelines for emergency preparations.source
  • 19841984 United States presidential election: Republican President Ronald Reagan defeats Democratic former Vice President Walter F. Mondale with 59% of the popular vote, the highest since Richard Nixon's 61% popular vote victory in 1972. Reagan carries 49 states in the electoral College; Mondale wins only his home state of Minnesota (by a mere 3,761 vote margin) and the District of Columbia.source
  • 1985Palace of Justice siege: Members of the 19th of April Movement (M-19) Marxist guerrilla group take over the Palace of Justice of Colombia in Bogotá and hold the Supreme Court hostage. Hours later, after a military raid, the incident leaves almost half of the 25 Supreme Court Justices dead.source
  • 1985The Argentine tourist village of Villa Epecuén is permanently flooded through the collapse of a dam and dyke.source
  • 1986Alex Ferguson is appointed as the new manager of Manchester United.source
  • 1988The 1988 Lancang–Gengma earthquakes kills at least 938 people when it strikes the China–Myanmar border region in Yunnan.source
  • 1990Nawaz Sharif is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.source
  • 1991The CPSU and its republic-level division, the Communist Party of the Russian SFSR, are banned in the Russian SFSR by presidential decree.source
  • 1994Bražuolė bridge bombing in Lithuania damages a railway bridge but trains are stopped in time to avoid casualties.source
  • 1994A flood in Piedmont, Italy, kills dozens of people.source
  • 1999Australians defeat a referendum proposing the replacement of the Queen and the Governor General with a President to make Australia a republic.source
  • 1999A delegation in support of listing the sanctions on Iraq led by British MP George Galloway arrives in Baghdad. The delegation, which left London using a double-decker bus on September 2, 1999, passed through few countries on its route, raising funds for cancer treatment for Iraqi children and highlighting the humanitarian cost of the sanctions.source
  • 2003The International Court of Justice rules in the Oil Platforms case that the United States was not justified in its 1987 attacks on Iranian oil platforms but that neither party violated a 1955 treaty.source
  • 20122012 United States presidential election: Barack Obama is reelected President of the United States, defeating his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.source
  • 2013Voters in Tajikistan go to the polls for a presidential election. Incumbent President Emomali Rahmon of the People's Democratic Party was re-elected with approximately 84% of the vote.source
  • 2017Investors react poorly to the arrest of Al-Waleed bin Talal, one of the wealthiest men in the world.source
  • 2018November 4–6: President of the Council of State of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel visits North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.source
  • 2021October 31–November 13 – The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Glasgow, after being postponed in 2020 due to COVID-19. A deal is agreed by world leaders, which includes a "phasedown" of unabated coal power, a 30% cut in methane emissions by 2030, plans for a halt to deforestation by 2030, and increased financial support for developing countries.source
  • 2022November 6–November 18 – The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) on climate change mitigation takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.source
  • 2023Gaza war: The death toll in Gaza is reported to have passed 10,000. United Nations Secretary General António Guterres calls for a humanitarian ceasefire to increase the flow of aid to civilians.source
  • 2023The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China urges the State Administration Council of Myanmar to cooperate with Chinese officials in protecting Chinese border villages, two days after a shell fired by the Tatmadaw kills one and wounds several in China.source
  • 2025Khaled El-Enany is elected the new Director-General of UNESCO.source

Births

  • 15Agrippina the Younger, Roman empress (died AD 59)source
  • 1391Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (died 1425)source
  • 1479Philip I, Margrave of Baden (died 1533)source
  • 1479Joanna of Castile, Queen of Philip the Handsome, daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (died 1555)source
  • 1494Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (died 1566)source
  • 1528Gabriel Goodman, Dean of Westminster (died 1601)source
  • 1550Karin Månsdotter, Swedish queen (died 1612)source
  • 1578Maximilian of Liechtenstein, Austrian nobleman and Imperial General (died 1645)source
  • 1604George Ent, English scientist (died 1689)source
  • 1617Leopoldo de' Medici, Italian Catholic cardinal (died 1675)source
  • 1661King Charles II of Spain (died 1700)source
  • 1671Colley Cibber, English actor-manager and poet laureate (died 1757)source
  • 1671Colley Cibber, poet laureate, playwright and actor-manager (died 1757)source
  • 1781Maha Bandula, Commander-in-chief of the Burmese military forces (died 1825)source
  • 1835Cesare Lombroso, Italian criminologist (died 1909)source
  • 1854John Philip Sousa, American composer, conductor (Stars and Stripes Forever) (died 1932)source
  • 1860Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist and composer, 3rd Prime Minister of Poland (died 1941)source
  • 1861James Naismith, Canadian inventor of basketball (died 1939)source
  • 1915Chung Li-ho, novelistsource
  • 1970Ethan Hawke, American actor, writer and film directorsource
  • 2016Probabeel, Thoroughbred racehorsesource

Deaths

  • 838Li Yong, prince of the Tang dynastysource
  • 1003John XVII, pope of the Catholic Churchsource
  • 1003John XVII dies after a pontificate of about 7 months and is buried in the Lateran Basilica at Rome.source
  • 1075Fujiwara no Norimichi, Japanese nobleman (born 996)source
  • 1078Berthold II, duke of Carinthiasource
  • 1097Heonjong, Korean king of Goryeo (born 1084)source
  • 1101Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, German noblemansource
  • 1199Hatim ibn Ibrahim, Yemeni religious leadersource
  • 1231Tsuchimikado, emperor of Japan (born 1196)source
  • 1271November 6 or 7 – Henry of Segusio, Italian jurist and cardinal-bishop (born 1200)source
  • 1406Pope Innocent VII (born 1339)source
  • 1428Guillaume Fillastre, Cardinal (born 1348)source
  • 1461John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (born 1415)source
  • 1479James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamiltonsource
  • 1492Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (born c. 1430)source
  • 1493Andrey Bolshoy, Russian prince (born 1446)source
  • 1517Wiguleus Fröschl of Marzoll, Bishop of Passau (1500–1517) (born 1445)source
  • 1550Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (born 1487)source
  • 1586Willem IV van den Bergh, Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen (born 1537)source
  • 1600Ishida Mitsunari, Japanese feudal lord (decapitated) (born 1560)source
  • 1600Konishi Yukinaga, Japanese Christian warlord (born 1555)source
  • 1612Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, elder son of King James I & VI and Anne of Denmark (born 1594)source
  • 1632King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (in battle) (born 1594)source
  • 1644Thomas Roe, English diplomat (born c. 1581)source
  • 1644Thomas Roe, diplomat (born c. 1581)source
  • 1649Owen Roe O'Neill (born c. 1585)source
  • 1650William II, Prince of Orange (born 1626)source
  • 1655Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein, German prince (born 1596)source
  • 1656King John IV of Portugal (born 1604)source
  • 1659Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière, French nobleman, founder of Montreal and an order of nursing Sisters (born 1597)source
  • 1730After being convicted of treason for attempting to desert the Prussian Army with Crown Prince Frederick, Hans Hermann von Katte is beheaded at the Küstrin Prison. Frederick's father, King Frederick William, forces the prince to watch the execution.source
  • 1752Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (born 1685)source
  • 1771John Bevis, English physician, astronomer (born 1695)source
  • 1790James Bowdoin, American Governor of Massachusetts (born 1726)source
  • 1793Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, French noble, revolutionary leader (executed) (born 1747)source
  • 1796Catherine the Great dies, and is succeeded by her son Paul I of Russia. His wife Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg becomes Empress consort.source
  • 1817Princess Charlotte of Wales, heir presumptive to the British throne (born 1796)source
  • 1817Princess Charlotte of Wales, the daughter and only child of the Prince Regent George and granddaughter of King George III, dies hours after giving birth to a stillborn son. Her death, tremendously mourned by the British, throws the succession to the British throne into doubt.source
  • 1827Miguel Pereira Forjaz, Count of Feira, general (born 1769)source
  • 1836King Charles X of France (born 1757)source
  • 1846Alexander Chavchavadze, Georgian Romantic poet, military figure (born 1786)source
  • 1872George Meade, American Civil War general (born 1815)source
  • 1880Estanislao del Campo, poet (born 1834)source
  • 1893Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (born 1840)source
  • 2019Albert Tévoédjrè, writer and politician (born 1929).source