March 6th, 1571

Born on March 6th, 1571

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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

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

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

36

Cyrano de Bergerac

French novelist and dramatist (1619–1655)

*March 6th, 1619, Paris †July 28th, 1655, Sannois

30

Nils Politt

German cyclist

*March 6th, 1994, Cologne

48

Cédric Barbosa

French footballer

*March 6th, 1976, Aubenas

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58

Johannes Kepler

German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)

*December 27th, 1571, Weil der Stadt †November 15th, 1630, Regensburg

38

Caravaggio

Italian painter (1571–1610)

*September 29th, 1571, Milan †July 18th, 1610, Porto Ercole

59

John Donne

English poet and cleric (1572–1631)

*November 30th, 1571, London †March 31st, 1631, London

60

Thomas Dekker

English dramatist and pamphleteer

*November 30th, 1571, London †August 25th, 1632, London

57

Abbas the Great

Shah of Safavid Iran (1571-1629)

*January 27th, 1571, Herat †January 19th, 1629, Mazandaran Province

80

Tommaso Francini

The elder of Italian French brothers fountain and garden design duo Tommaso and Alessandro Francini

*March 15th, 1571, Florence †April 13th, 1651, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

49

Pietro Aldobrandini

Catholic cardinal (1571-1621)

*March 31st, 1571, Rome †February 10th, 1621, Rome

50

Michael Praetorius

German composer, organist, and music theorist

*February 15th, 1571, Creuzburg †February 15th, 1621, Wolfenbüttel

63

Adriaan Metius

Dutch mathematician and astronomer

*December 9th, 1571, Alkmaar †September 6th, 1635, Franeker

60

Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington

English antiquarian (1571-1631)

*January 22nd, 1571, Denton †May 6th, 1631, Westminster

59

Jacob Matham

Engraver from the Northern Netherlands

*October 15th, 1571, Haarlem †January 20th, 1631, Haarlem

69

Charles of Lorraine, duke of Guise

French aristocrat and military commander

*August 2nd, 1571, Joinville †September 30th, 1640, Cuna

62

Caspar Cunradi

German writer (1571-1633)

*October 9th, 1571, Wrocław †November 15th, 1633, Wrocław

67

Jacob van Swanenburgh

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1571-1638)

*April 21st, 1571, Leiden †October 16th, 1638, Utrecht

62

Theodoor Galle

Flemish Baroque engraver

*July 16th, 1571, Antwerp †December 18th, 1633, Antwerp

67

Lucas Osiander the Younger

German theologian

*May 6th, 1571, Stuttgart †August 10th, 1638, Tübingen

50

Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy

Military commander (1571-1621)

*January 9th, 1571, Arras †July 10th, 1621, Neuhäusel

82

Hippolytus Guarinonius

Doctor, scholar and writer

*November 18th, 1571, Trento †May 31st, 1654, Hall in Tirol

66

Anton Henry, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

*October 7th, 1571, Sondershausen †August 10th, 1638, Sondershausen

65

Christine von Dietz

Daughter of Anna of Saxony by Jan Rubens

*August 22nd, 1571, Siegen †January 1st, 1637, Benfeld

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1571 is a normal year and no leap year.

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