November 6th, 1655

Born on November 6th, 1655

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

November 6th, 2004

A man committing suicide parked his car on the railway tracks in Ufton Nervet, Berkshire, England, causing a derailment that also killed six people on the train.

November 6th, 1977

The Kelly Barnes Dam in Stephens County, Georgia, collapsed; the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused US$2.8 million in damages.

November 6th, 1963

Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ was appointed by the junta of General Dương Văn Minh to head the South Vietnamese government, five days after Minh deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm.

November 6th, 1944

The B Reactor at the Hanford Site in the U.S. state of Washington began producing plutonium, with the facility later going on to create more for nearly the entire American nuclear arsenal.

November 6th, 1939

As part of their plan to eradicate the Polish intellectual elite, the Gestapo arrested 184 professors, students and employees of the Jagiellonian University (location pictured) in Kraków.

November 6th, 1917

First World War: Canadian forces captured Passendale, Belgium, after three months of fighting against the Germans at the Battle of Passchendaele.

November 6th, 1868

Red Cloud (pictured), a Native American leader of the Oglala Lakota tribe, signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie, ending Red Cloud's War and establishing the Great Sioux Reservation.

November 6th, 1863

American Civil War: A Union brigade defeated a Confederate force at the Battle of Droop Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.

November 6th, 1856

The first story from the collection Scenes of Clerical Life by the English author George Eliot was submitted for publication.

November 6th, 1794

French Revolutionary Wars: Two British ships were intercepted by a French squadron, leading to the French seizure of HMS Alexander.

November 6th, 1217

King Henry III of England issued the Charter of the Forest, re-establishing the rights of access of free men to royal forests.

November 6th, 2016

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launched a successful military campaign to isolate and eventually capture Raqqa, the Islamic State's capital.

November 6th, 2012

Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

November 6th, 1577

The first recorded observation from Earth of the Great Comet of 1577 takes place by Aztec astronomers in Mexico, followed by reports from Italy on November 7 and Japan on November 8. Astronomer Tycho Brahe will track the comet from November 13 until January 26 before it departs the Solar System.

November 6th, 2016

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launch an offensive to capture the ISIL-held city of Raqqa.

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

Same year
Born in 1655

50

Jacob Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)

*January 5th, 1655, Basel †August 16th, 1705, Basel

75

Bartolomeo Cristofori

Italian maker of musical instruments (1655–1731)

*May 4th, 1655, Padua †January 27th, 1731, Florence

41

Charles XI of Sweden

King of Sweden

*November 24th, 1655, Stockholm †April 5th, 1697, Stockholm

55

Vincenzo Grimani

Catholic cardinal

*May 26th, 1655, Mantua †September 26th, 1710, Naples

72

Frederick Christian, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe

German noble (1655-1728)

*August 16th, 1655, Bückeburg †June 13th, 1728, Bückeburg

73

Christian Thomasius

German philosopher (1655-1728)

*January 1st, 1655, Leipzig †September 23rd, 1728, Halle (Saale)

60

Paule-Marguerite Françoise de Gondi

French noblewoman (1655-1716)

*March 12th, 1655, Machecoul †January 21st, 1716, Paris

88

Fra Galgario

Lombard painter (1655-1743)

*March 4th, 1655, Bergamo †December 1st, 1743, Bergamo

71

Francis Nicholson

British general and colonial official

*November 12th, 1655, Downholme †March 16th, 1727, London

60

Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

German duke (1655-1715)

*July 12th, 1655, Gotha †October 17th, 1715, Hildburghausen

72

Cornelius Cruys

Norwegian admiral

*June 14th, 1655, Stavanger †June 14th, 1727, Saint Petersburg

69

Benedict Pictet

Genevan theologian

*May 19th, 1655, Geneva †June 9th, 1724, Geneva

82

Carel de Moor

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1655-1738)

*February 25th, 1655, Leiden †February 16th, 1738, Warmond

82

Rinaldo d'Este

Duke of Modena

*April 26th, 1655, Modena †October 26th, 1737, Modena

81

Ferdinand Kettler

Duke of Courland (1655-1737)

*November 2nd, 1655, Jelgava †May 4th, 1737, Gdańsk

71

Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld

Swedish diplomat, linguist and diarist

*July 17th, 1655, Åmål †June 2nd, 1727, Romfartuna

45

Johann Beer

Austrian composer and writer

*February 28th, 1655, Sankt Georgen im Attergau †August 6th, 1700, Weißenfels

82

Caspar Bartholin the Younger

Danish anatomist

*September 10th, 1655, Copenhagen †June 11th, 1738, Copenhagen

86

Bernard de Montfaucon

French monk and scholar

*January 13th, 1655, Languedoc †December 21st, 1741, Paris

70

Antonio Palomino

Painter from Spain (1655-1726)

*December 1st, 1655, Bujalance †August 12th, 1726, Madrid

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Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on November 6th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1655 is a normal year and no leap year.

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