August 6th, 1574

Born on August 6th, 1574

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

August 6th, 2013

A gas leak caused an explosion that collapsed a building and led to the deaths of 22 people in Rosario, Argentina.

August 6th, 2011

A series of riots broke out in several London boroughs and in cities and towns across England in response to the shooting of Mark Duggan by Metropolitan Police officers.

August 6th, 2010

Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across the Ladakh region of Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead.

August 6th, 2008

Mauritanian president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high-ranking generals that he had dismissed from office several hours earlier.

August 6th, 1997

Korean Air Flight 801 crashed into a hill on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam, killing 228 of the 254 people aboard.

August 6th, 1996

Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001 (pictured), discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars, but further tests were inconclusive.

August 6th, 1991

British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee posted a public invitation to collaborate on a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessible via the Internet, known as the World Wide Web.

August 6th, 1965

U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disfranchisement of African Americans.

August 6th, 1945

World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force bomber Enola Gay dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (mushroom cloud pictured), killing about 70,000 people instantly.

August 6th, 1892

The Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company was founded in Antwerp to exploit natural rubber in the Congo Free State.

August 6th, 1777

The Battle of Oriskany, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolutionary War, was fought about 6 mi (10 km) east of Fort Stanwix, New York.

August 6th, 0686

Second Fitna: Pro-Alid forces defeated the Umayyad Caliphate in the Battle of Khazir, allowing them to take control of Mosul in present-day Iraq.

August 6th, 1944

World War II: Allied forces attacked German fortifications at Saint-Malo, France, beginning the Battle of Saint-Malo (pictured).

August 6th, 1623

After the death of Gregory XV, a papal conclave in Rome elected Maffeo Barberini as Pope Urban VIII.

August 6th, 1585

Toyotomi Hideyoshi is officially appointed kampaku (Imperial Regent).

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

Same year
Born in 1574

86

William Oughtred

English mathematician and Anglican minister (1574–1660)

*March 5th, 1574, Eton †June 30th, 1660, Albury

44

Anne of Denmark

Queen consort of James VI of Scots, I of England (1574-1619)

*December 12th, 1574, Skanderborg Slot †March 2nd, 1619, Hampton Court Palace

65

Wilhelm Kettler

Duke of Courland

*June 20th, 1574, Jelgava †April 7th, 1640, Kukułowo

82

Joseph Hall

British bishop and writer (1574-1656)

*July 1st, 1574, Ashby-de-la-Zouch †September 8th, 1656, Norwich

54

Thomas Platter the Younger

Swiss physician, traveller and writer (1574-1628)

*July 24th, 1574, Basel †December 4th, 1628, Basel

60

Elisabeth of Lorraine

French princess (1574-1635)

*October 9th, 1574, Nancy †January 4th, 1635, Braunau am Inn

59

Albert Szenczi Molnár

Hungarian Calvinist priest, linguist, philosopher, poet, religious writer and translator (1574-1634)

*August 30th, 1574, Senec †January 17th, 1634, Cluj-Napoca

63

Robert Fludd

British mathematician, doctor and astrologer

*January 17th, 1574, Milgate House †September 8th, 1637, London

53

François de Sourdis

Catholic cardinal

*October 25th, 1574, Poitou †February 8th, 1628, Bordeaux

36

Frederick IV, Elector Palatine

(1574-1610); Elector Palatine

*March 5th, 1574, Amberg †September 19th, 1610, Heidelberg

74

Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1574-1648)

*August 28th, 1574, Celle †December 10th, 1648, Celle

67

Holger Rosenkrantz

(1574-1642)

*December 14th, 1574, Kalø slot †October 28th, 1642, Copenhagen

57

Theophilus Ænetius

*April 20th, 1574, Königsfeld †September 15th, 1631, Jena

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1574 is a normal year and no leap year.

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