January 6th, 1740

Born on January 6th, 1740

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What happened on January 6th?

January 6th, 2014

The first episode of the documentary series Benefits Street aired on Channel 4, prompting discussion in the United Kingdom about welfare dependency.

January 6th, 1972

A brawl broke out between players, fans, and police officers during an ice hockey game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the St. Louis Blues in Philadelphia.

January 6th, 2021

Supporters of then-outgoing U.S. president Donald Trump attack the United States Capitol to disrupt certification of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in five deaths and evacuation of the U.S. Congress.

January 6th, 1994

Two-time American Olympic figure-skating medalist Nancy Kerrigan was hit on the leg with a police baton by an assailant hired by the ex-husband of her rival Tonya Harding.

January 6th, 1960

National Airlines Flight 2511, traveling from New York City to Miami, exploded in mid-air due to a bomb placed by an unknown party, resulting in the deaths of all 34 people on board.

January 6th, 1953

The inaugural Asian Socialist Conference, an organisation of socialist political parties, opened in Rangoon with 177 delegates, observers and fraternal guests.

January 6th, 1941

During his State of the Union address, U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt presented his Four Freedoms (composite poster depicted) as fundamental freedoms that all people ought to enjoy.

January 6th, 1912

German geophysicist Alfred Wegener presented his theory of continental drift, the precursor of plate tectonics, to the German Geological Society.

January 6th, 1907

Italian educator Maria Montessori opened her first school and day-care centre for working-class children in Rome, employing a philosophy of education that now bears her name.

January 6th, 1724

Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, a Bach cantata for Epiphany, was first performed in Leipzig.

January 6th, 1540

King Henry VIII of England married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves; the marriage was annulled six months later.

January 6th, 1536

The oldest European school of higher learning in the Americas, the Colegio de Santa Cruz, was founded in Tlatelolco, Mexico City.

January 6th, 1449

Four years before the fall of Constantinople, Constantine XI Palaiologos (pictured) assumed the throne as the last Byzantine emperor.

January 6th, 1322

Stefan Dečanski was crowned King of Serbia, succeeding his half-brother Stefan Konstantin, whom he later defeated in battle.

January 6th, 1066

Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon monarch before the Norman Conquest, was crowned King of England.

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

Same year
Born in 1740

74

Marquis de Sade

French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works

*June 2nd, 1740, Paris †December 2nd, 1814, Saint-Maurice

73

Louis-Sébastien Mercier

French dramatist and writer (1740-1814)

*June 6th, 1740, Paris †April 25th, 1814, Paris

62

Samuel Arnold

English composer and organist (1740-1802)

*August 10th, 1740, London †October 22nd, 1802, London

23

Ivan VI of Russia

The fifth Emperor of Russia (1740–1741)

*August 12th, 1740, Saint Petersburg †July 5th, 1764, Shlisselburg

74

Margaret Bingham

British painter and writer (1740–1814)

*January 1st, 1740, Devon †February 27th, 1814, St James's Place

54

James Boswell

British lawyer, diarist, and author (1740–1795)

*October 18th, 1740, Edinburgh †May 19th, 1795, London

96

John Latham

English physician, naturalist and author (1740-1837)

*June 27th, 1740, Eltham †February 4th, 1837, Winchester

73

Go-Sakuramachi

Empress regnant of Japan (1740-1813)

*September 23rd, 1740, Kyoto †December 24th, 1813, Kyoto

67

Jeanne Baret

French explorer, naturalist and botanist (1740-1807)

*July 27th, 1740, La Comelle †August 5th, 1807, Brest

55

Carl Michael Bellman

Swedish poet, songwriter and composer (1740–1795)

*February 4th, 1740, Maria Magdalena parish †February 11th, 1795, Klara Church Parish

54

Nicolas Chamfort

French journalist and moralistic author

*April 6th, 1740, Clermont †April 13th, 1794, Paris

74

Matthias Claudius

German poet (1740-1815)

*August 15th, 1740, Reinfeld †January 21st, 1815, Hamburg

58

Horace Bénédict de Saussure

Genevan scientist (1740-1799)

*February 17th, 1740, Conches †January 22nd, 1799, Geneva

99

Heinrich Dietrich von Grolman

German judge (1740-1840)

*December 31st, 1740, Bochum †October 21st, 1840, Berlin

53

Jozafat Bastašić

Roman Catholic bishop

*May 1st, 1740, Croatia †August 28th, 1793, Križevci

58

William Paca

American judge (1740–1799)

*October 31st, 1740, Abingdon-on-Thames †October 23rd, 1799, Queen Anne's County

51

Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi

Italian classical philologist (1740-1792)

*August 18th, 1740, Savignano sul Rubicone †January 21st, 1792, Rome

49

Jacques-André Mallet

Genevan astronomer (1740-1790)

*September 23rd, 1740, Geneva †January 31st, 1790, Geneva

77

Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux

French general (1740-1817)

*August 2nd, 1740, Paris †December 27th, 1817, Paris

81

Pierre Melchior d'Adhémar

French soldier

*July 15th, 1740, Saint-Maurice-de-Cazevieille †September 2nd, 1821, Aimargues

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Leap year

Yes: 1740 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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