June 6th, 1500

Born on June 6th, 1500

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 191,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 656 days, exactly on February 8th, 2026, people who were born on June 6th, 1500 will be 192,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 6th?

June 6th, 1912

The largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century began, forming the volcano Novarupta in the Alaska Peninsula.

June 6th, 1894

Governor Davis Hanson Waite ordered the Colorado state militia to protect and support miners engaged in a five-month strike in Cripple Creek.

June 6th, 1882

The Shewan army defeated Gojjame forces at the Battle of Embabo, an event that contributed to the supremacy of Shewa within the Ethiopian Empire.

June 6th, 1862

American Civil War: The Union Army's victory in the First Battle of Memphis virtually eradicated the Confederate naval presence on the Mississippi River.

June 6th, 1822

Alexis St. Martin, a Canadian voyageur, was accidentally shot in the stomach; medical investigations of his injury led to a greater understanding of the processes of digestion.

June 6th, 1813

War of 1812: The British ambushed an American encampment near present-day Stoney Creek, Ontario, capturing two senior officers.

June 6th, 1749

A plot by Muslim slaves in Malta to assassinate Manuel Pinto da Fonseca of the Knights Hospitaller was uncovered.

June 6th, 1674

Shivaji (pictured), who led a resistance to free the Maratha from the Bijapur Sultanate and the Mughal Empire, was crowned the first chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire.

June 6th, 1513

War of the League of Cambrai: Milanese forces with Swiss mercenaries defeated the French in Novara, forcing them to withdraw from the Duchy of Milan and Italy.

June 6th, 2021

A man rammed a pickup truck into Muslim Pakistani Canadian pedestrians in Ontario, Canada, killing 4 members of the same family and injuring the family's nine year old son.

June 6th, 2017

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (soldiers pictured) opened the Second Battle of Raqqa, the final phase of the Raqqa campaign, capturing the de facto capital of the Islamic State four months later.

June 6th, 1985

The remains of Josef Mengele, a Nazi physician notorious for performing human experiments on Auschwitz inmates, were exhumed in Embu das Artes, Brazil.

June 6th, 1982

Falklands War: The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Cardiff engaged and destroyed a British Army helicopter in a friendly-fire incident.

June 6th, 1971

Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collided with a US Marine Corps jet near Duarte, California, killing 50 people.

June 6th, 1944

World War II: The largest amphibious military operation in history began with Allied troops landing on the beaches of Normandy in France.

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

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

61

Diego Velázquez

Spanish painter (1599-1660)

*June 6th, 1599, Seville †August 6th, 1660, Madrid

80

Thomas Mann

German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)

*June 6th, 1875, Lübeck †August 12th, 1955, Zürich

76

Robert Englund

American actor, voice-actor, singer, and director

*June 6th, 1947, Glendale

59

Annibale Caro

Italian poet and Knight of Malta (1507-1566)

*June 6th, 1507, Civitanova Marche †November 17th, 1566, Rome

79

Heinrich Rohrer

Swiss physicist (1933-2013)

*June 6th, 1933, Buchs †May 16th, 2013, Wollerau

72

Dwight Twilley

American singer

*June 6th, 1951, Tulsa †October 18th, 2023, Tulsa

69

Sukarno

1st President of the Republic of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967

*June 6th, 1901, Surabaya †June 21st, 1970, Jakarta

69

Harvey Fierstein

American actor and playwright

*June 6th, 1954, Brooklyn

64

Colin Quinn

American comedian and actor

*June 6th, 1959, Brooklyn

27

Alexander Rossipal

German association football player

*June 6th, 1996, Stuttgart

33

Gavin Hoyte

English-Trinidadian footballer (born 1990)

*June 6th, 1990, Leytonstone

89

Albert II of Belgium

Sixth king of the Belgians

*June 6th, 1934, Laeken - Laken

55

Peter Friedrich Engstfeld

German organist (1793-1848)

*June 6th, 1793, Heiligenhaus †October 4th, 1848, Duisburg

53

Erich Marcks

German general

*June 6th, 1891, Schöneberg †June 12th, 1944, Saint-Lô

67

Björn Borg

Swedish tennis player

*June 6th, 1956, Stockholm

89

George Deukmejian

Governor of California from 1983 to 1991

*June 6th, 1928, Menands †May 8th, 2018, Long Beach

43

Robert Falcon Scott

Royal Navy officer and explorer

*June 6th, 1868, Plymouth †March 29th, 1912, Ross Ice Shelf

71

Klaus Tennstedt

German conductor (1926-1998)

*June 6th, 1926, Merseburg †January 11th, 1998, Heikendorf

40

Regiomontanus

German mathematician and astronomer (1436–1476)

*June 6th, 1436, Königsberg in Bayern †July 6th, 1476, Rome

78

Pierre Corneille

French tragedian (1606–1684)

*June 6th, 1606, Rouen †October 1st, 1684, Paris

Same year
Born in 1500

58

Charles V

Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain and Duke of Burgundy (1500–1558)

*February 24th, 1500, Ghent †September 21st, 1558, Yuste

70

Benvenuto Cellini

Florentine sculptor and goldsmith

*November 1st, 1500, Florence †February 13th, 1571, Florence

58

Reginald Pole

English cardinal, the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury

*March 3rd, 1500, Staffordshire †November 17th, 1558, London

74

Joachim Camerarius

German humanist, polymath and poet (1500-1574)

*April 12th, 1500, Bamberg †April 17th, 1574, Leipzig

64

Federico Cesi

Italian cardinal

*July 2nd, 1500, Rome †January 28th, 1565, Rome

64

Rodolfo Pio da Carpi

Catholic cardinal

*February 22nd, 1500, Modena †May 2nd, 1564, Rome

75

Maria of Jever

Last ruler of Jever from the Wiemken dynasty (1500-1575)

*January 1st, 1500, Jever †January 1st, 1575, Jever

34

Sebastian Newdigate

Carthusian monk and martyr

*September 7th, 1500, Harefield †June 19th, 1535, Tyburn

57

Joachim Moller

German politician (1500-1558)

*March 25th, 1500, Hamburg †January 1st, 1558, Hamburg

52

Caspar Huberinus

German writer (1500-1553)

*December 21st, 1500, Stotzard †October 6th, 1553, Öhringen

48

João de Castro

Portuguese explorer

*February 27th, 1500, Lisbon †June 6th, 1548, Old Goa

19

Ulrich Pinder

German physician and writer

*January 1st, 1500, Nördlingen †January 1st, 1519, Nuremberg

55

Antonio Musa Brassavola

Italian physician and botanist (1500-1555)

*January 16th, 1500, Ferrara †July 6th, 1555, Ferrara

64

Alexander Ales

Scottish theologian

*April 23rd, 1500, Edinburgh †March 17th, 1565, Leipzig

60

Ernest of Bavaria

German administrator of Passau and Salzburg, pledge lord of the County of Glatz (1500-1560)

*June 13th, 1500, Munich †December 7th, 1560, Kłodzko

40

Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Marquis and later first Duke of Mantua (1500-1540)

*May 17th, 1500, Mantua †August 28th, 1540, Marmirolo

30

Mingyinyo

Ruler of Toungoo

*January 1st, 1500, Inwa †November 24th, 1530, Taungoo

90

Alonso de Orozco

Spanish philosopher (1500-1591)

*October 17th, 1500, Oropesa †September 19th, 1591, Madrid

76

Johann Stumpf

Swiss writer

*April 23rd, 1500, Bruchsal †November 30th, 1576, Zürich

76

Carlo Gualteruzzi

Italian philologist

*March 5th, 1500, Fano †November 30th, 1576, Rome

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1500 is a normal year and no leap year.

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