June 6th, 1649

Born on June 6th, 1649

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

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

55

Peter Friedrich Engstfeld

German organist (1793-1848)

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

27

Alexander Rossipal

German association football player

*June 6th, 1996, Stuttgart

33

Gavin Hoyte

English-Trinidadian footballer (born 1990)

*June 6th, 1990, Leytonstone

78

Pierre Corneille

French tragedian (1606–1684)

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

89

Albert II of Belgium

Sixth king of the Belgians

*June 6th, 1934, Laeken - Laken

53

Erich Marcks

German general

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

43

Robert Falcon Scott

Royal Navy officer and explorer

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

89

George Deukmejian

Governor of California from 1983 to 1991

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

67

Björn Borg

Swedish tennis player

*June 6th, 1956, Stockholm

71

Klaus Tennstedt

German conductor (1926-1998)

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

56

Max Casella

American actor

*June 6th, 1967, Washington, D.C.

53

Hortense Mancini

Mistress of Charles II of England

*June 6th, 1646, Rome †November 9th, 1699, Chelsea

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71

Clement XI

Head of the Catholic Church from 1700 to 1721

*July 23rd, 1649, Pesaro †March 19th, 1721, Rome

81

Benedict XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1724 to 1730

*February 2nd, 1649, Gravina in Puglia †February 21st, 1730, Rome

46

John Trenchard

English politician

*March 30th, 1649, Lytchett Matravers †April 27th, 1695, Kensington

33

Engel de Ruyter

Dutch admiral

*May 2nd, 1649, Vlissingen †February 27th, 1683, Amsterdam

55

Titus Oates

English perjurer (1649-1705)

*September 15th, 1649, Oakham †July 12th, 1705, London

36

James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth

English nobleman and soldier (1649–1685)

*April 9th, 1649, Rotterdam †July 15th, 1685, Tower Hill

56

Adrien Baillet

French scholar

*June 13th, 1649, La Neuville-en-Hez †January 21st, 1706, Paris

81

James Grahme

English politician

*January 1st, 1649, Norton Conyers †January 1st, 1730, Charlton

68

Bon Boullogne

French painter and engraver (1649-1717)

*February 22nd, 1649, Paris †May 17th, 1717, Paris

59

John Blow

English composer

*January 1st, 1649, Nottinghamshire †October 1st, 1708, City of Westminster

374

Conrad Max Süßner

German sculptor

*November 30th, 1649, Ostrov

71

Amy Buisson

(1649-1721)

*April 24th, 1649, Geneva †January 1st, 1721, Avesnes-sur-Helpe

78

Johann Wilhelm Petersen

German theologian

*January 1st, 1649, Osnabrück †January 1st, 1727, Lübars

55

Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark

Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

*April 11th, 1649, Copenhagen †October 30th, 1704, Kiel

72

Elihu Yale

Welsh merchant, slave trader and philanthropist

*April 5th, 1649, Boston †July 8th, 1721, London

61

Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried

Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried

*July 29th, 1649, Rheinfels Castle †March 3rd, 1711, Bad Schwalbach

65

Giovanni Alberto Badoer

Italian cardinal

*March 12th, 1649, Venice †May 17th, 1714, Brescia

64

Samuel Carpenter

Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania 1649-1714

*November 4th, 1649, Horsham †April 10th, 1714, Philadelphia

61

Hans Georg Asam

German painter (1649-1711)

*October 12th, 1649, Rott am Inn †March 7th, 1711, Sulzbach-Rosenberg

79

Gabriel Daniel

French historian

*February 8th, 1649, Rouen †June 23rd, 1728, Paris

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No: With 365 days 1649 is a normal year and no leap year.

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