June 6
day of the year
June 6 is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 208 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed by Constantine's uncle Alexander on his deathbed.
1505 – The M8.2–8.8 Lo Mustang earthquake affects Tibet and Nepal, causing severe damage in Kathmandu and parts of the Indo-Gangetic plain.
1513 – War of the League of Cambrai: In the Battle of Novara, Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis II de la Trémoille, forcing them to abandon Milan; Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
1523 – Swedish regent Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden and, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union, 6 June is designated the country's national day.
1601–1900
1654 – Swedish Queen Christina abdicates her throne in favour of her cousin Charles Gustav and converts to Catholicism.
1674 – Shivaji is crowned as the first Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire at Raigad Fort.
1762 – Seven Years' War: British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
1813 – War of 1812: In the Battle of Stoney Creek, considered a critical turning point in the war, a British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
1822 – Alexis St Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to William Beaumont's studies on digestion.
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