November 6th, 1740

Born on November 6th, 1740

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 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

Nicolas Chamfort

French journalist and moralistic author

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

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

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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