March 6th, 1462

Born on March 6th, 1462

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 6th?

March 6th, 2000

The Marine Parade Community Building, the mural cladding of which is the largest installation art in Singapore, was opened.

March 6th, 1988

The Troubles: In Operation Flavius, the Special Air Service killed three volunteers of the Provisional Irish Republican Army conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar.

March 6th, 1987

The ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsized while leaving the harbour of Zeebrugge, Belgium, killing 193 people on board.

March 6th, 1953

Following Joseph Stalin's death, Georgy Malenkov succeeded him as Premier of the Soviet Union.

March 6th, 1945

Petru Groza of the Ploughmen's Front became the first prime minister of the Communist Party-dominated government of Romania.

March 6th, 1943

World War II: National Liberation Front forces defeated Italian occupiers in the Battle of Fardykambos, a major sign of the Greek resistance's growth.

March 6th, 1933

The day after the federal election, the Nazi Party banned elected Communist Party of Germany members from taking their seats in the Reichstag.

March 6th, 1930

Organized by the Communist International, hundreds of thousands of people in major cities around the world marched to protest mass unemployment associated with the Great Depression.

March 6th, 1913

First Balkan War: The Greek army captured Bizani Fortress, near Ioannina, from the Ottomans.

March 6th, 1904

Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Led by William Speirs Bruce (pictured), the Antarctic region of Coats Land was discovered by the Scotia.

March 6th, 1853

Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata premiered at La Fenice in Venice, but the performance was considered so bad that it caused him to revise portions of the opera.

March 6th, 1836

Texas Revolution: Mexican troops captured the Alamo Mission in San Antonio from Texian forces after a 13-day siege.

March 6th, 1447

Tommaso Parentucelli was elected as Pope Nicholas V in Rome.

March 6th, 0845

The Abbasid Caliphate executed 42 Byzantine officials who had been captured in the sack of Amorium of 838 for refusing to convert to Islam.

March 6th, 1836

Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 6th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 6th?

88

Michelangelo

Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet (1475–1564)

*March 6th, 1475, Caprese Michelangelo †February 18th, 1564, Rome

32

Gebby Ristiyani Imawan

Badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Tangerang City

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

87

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

*March 6th, 1927, Aracataca †April 17th, 2014, Mexico City

32

Kim Astrup Sørensen

Badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Herning

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

66

Jakob Fugger

German merchant (1459-1526)

*March 6th, 1459, Augsburg †December 30th, 1525, Augsburg

94

Ejler Bille

Danish artist (1910-2004)

*March 6th, 1910, Odder †May 1st, 2004, Copenhagen

32

Raphael Beck

German badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Düsseldorf

27

Teoh Mei Xing

Malaysian badminton player

*March 6th, 1997, Subang Jaya

36

Simon Mignolet

Belgian association football player

*March 6th, 1988, Sint-Truiden

78

David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

*March 6th, 1946, Cambridge

57

Mihai Tudose

Romanian politician

*March 6th, 1967, Brăila

56

Vincent Gale

Actor

*March 6th, 1968, Glasgow

40

Floé Kühnert

German pole vaulter

*March 6th, 1984, Ulm

61

Luigi Alamanni

Italian poet

*March 6th, 1495, Florence †April 18th, 1556, Amboise

87

Valentina Tereshkova

Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space

*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

64

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Russian composer

*March 6th, 1844, Tikhvin †June 21st, 1908, Lyubensk

65

Tom Arnold

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1959)

*March 6th, 1959, Ottumwa

30

Nils Politt

German cyclist

*March 6th, 1994, Cologne

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52

Louis XII of France

King of France

*June 27th, 1462, Blois †January 1st, 1515, Paris

62

Pietro Pomponazzi

Italian philosopher (1462 – 1525)

*September 16th, 1462, Mantua †May 18th, 1525, Bologna

50

Andrea da Murano

Italian painter (1462-1512)

*January 1st, 1462, Murano †January 1st, 1512, Castelfranco Veneto

60

Piero di Cosimo

Italian painter (1462-1522)

*January 2nd, 1462, Florence †April 12th, 1522, Florence

68

Joanna la Beltraneja

Castillian infanta and queen, then queen consort of Portugal too

*February 28th, 1462, Madrid †April 12th, 1530, Lisbon

54

Johannes Trithemius

German writer

*February 1st, 1462, Trittenheim †December 13th, 1516, Würzburg

84

Konrad Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden

German renaissance humanist and canon

*September 8th, 1462, Abtsgmünd †February 6th, 1547, Dillingen an der Donau

73

Johannes Manardus

Italian physician (1462-1536)

*July 24th, 1462, Ferrara †March 8th, 1536, Ferrara

73

Piero de Ponte

Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

*August 26th, 1462, Asti †November 18th, 1535, Birgu

66

Edzard I, Count of East Frisia

Count of East Frisia

*January 15th, 1462, Greetsiel †February 14th, 1528, Emden

80

Baccio d'Agnolo

Italian woodcarver, sculptor and architect

*May 19th, 1462, Florence †March 6th, 1543, Florence

84

Roberto Pucci

Catholic cardinal

*November 30th, 1462, Florence †January 17th, 1547, Rome

68

Jeonghyeon

Queen; Korean royal consort

*June 25th, 1462, Joseon †August 22nd, 1530, Gyeongbokgung

42

Philip II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

*May 31st, 1462, Hanau †August 22nd, 1504, Babenhausen

51

Alexander

Duke and Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and Count of Veldenz

*November 26th, 1462, Palatinate-Zweibrücken †October 21st, 1514, Zweibrücken

44

Engelbert, Count of Nevers

French noble

*September 26th, 1462, Kleve †November 21st, 1506

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1462 is a normal year and no leap year.

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