March 6th, 1742

Born on March 6th, 1742

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What happened on March 6th?

March 6th, 2000

The Marine Parade Community Building, the mural cladding of which is the largest installation art in Singapore, was opened.

March 6th, 1988

The Troubles: In Operation Flavius, the Special Air Service killed three volunteers of the Provisional Irish Republican Army conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar.

March 6th, 1987

The ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsized while leaving the harbour of Zeebrugge, Belgium, killing 193 people on board.

March 6th, 1953

Following Joseph Stalin's death, Georgy Malenkov succeeded him as Premier of the Soviet Union.

March 6th, 1945

Petru Groza of the Ploughmen's Front became the first prime minister of the Communist Party-dominated government of Romania.

March 6th, 1943

World War II: National Liberation Front forces defeated Italian occupiers in the Battle of Fardykambos, a major sign of the Greek resistance's growth.

March 6th, 1933

The day after the federal election, the Nazi Party banned elected Communist Party of Germany members from taking their seats in the Reichstag.

March 6th, 1930

Organized by the Communist International, hundreds of thousands of people in major cities around the world marched to protest mass unemployment associated with the Great Depression.

March 6th, 1913

First Balkan War: The Greek army captured Bizani Fortress, near Ioannina, from the Ottomans.

March 6th, 1904

Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Led by William Speirs Bruce (pictured), the Antarctic region of Coats Land was discovered by the Scotia.

March 6th, 1853

Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata premiered at La Fenice in Venice, but the performance was considered so bad that it caused him to revise portions of the opera.

March 6th, 1836

Texas Revolution: Mexican troops captured the Alamo Mission in San Antonio from Texian forces after a 13-day siege.

March 6th, 1447

Tommaso Parentucelli was elected as Pope Nicholas V in Rome.

March 6th, 0845

The Abbasid Caliphate executed 42 Byzantine officials who had been captured in the sack of Amorium of 838 for refusing to convert to Islam.

March 6th, 1836

Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.

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

Same year
Born in 1742

68

Jean Baptiste Treilhard

French judge and diplomat (1742-1810)

*January 3rd, 1742, Brive-la-Gaillarde †December 5th, 1810, Paris

75

Jean Cesar Godeffroy

Merchant from Hamburg (1742-1818)

*October 16th, 1742, Hamburg †May 7th, 1818, Hamburg

43

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen

*December 9th, 1742, Stralsund †May 21st, 1786, Köping

76

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)

*December 16th, 1742, Rostock †September 12th, 1819, Krobielowice

56

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

German scientist, satirist

*July 1st, 1742, Ober-Ramstadt †February 24th, 1799, Göttingen

79

Félix de Azara

Spanish scientist (1742-1821)

*May 18th, 1742, Barbuñales †October 20th, 1821, Barbuñales

90

Ramón Lázaro de Dou y de Bassols

Spanish jurist

*January 1st, 1742, Barcelona †January 1st, 1832, Cervera

44

Arthur Middleton

American politician, signer of the Declaration of Independence. (1742-1787)

*June 26th, 1742, Charleston †January 1st, 1787, Province of South Carolina

81

James Gandon

British architect (1742-1823)

*February 20th, 1742, London †December 24th, 1823, Lucan

83

Franz Wenzel, Graf von Kaunitz-Rietberg

Austrian general

*July 2nd, 1742, Vienna †December 19th, 1825, Vienna

38

Johann Heinrich Waser

Swiss mathematician (1742-1780)

*April 1st, 1742, Zürich †May 27th, 1780, Zürich

55

Gunning Bedford

American politician 1742-1797

*April 7th, 1742, New Castle County †September 30th, 1797, New Castle

72

Christian Friedrich Duttenhofer

German theologian

*February 3rd, 1742, Nürtingen †March 18th, 1814, Heilbronn

60

Christian Gottlieb Geyser

German painter (1742-1803)

*August 20th, 1742, Görlitz †March 24th, 1803, Eutritzsch

77

Josias von Qualen

German provost

*April 20th, 1742, Osdorf †October 29th, 1819, Itzehoe

59

Pierre Roussel

French physician (1742-1802)

*September 29th, 1742, Ax-les-Thermes †September 19th, 1802, Châteaudun

79

Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard

French abbé and instructor of the deaf

*September 20th, 1742, Le Fousseret †May 10th, 1822, former 12th arrondissement of Paris

73

José de Iturrigaray

Viceroy of New Spain (1742-1815)

*June 27th, 1742, Cádiz †August 22nd, 1815, Madrid

48

William Hooper

American politician (1742-1790)

*June 28th, 1742, Boston †October 14th, 1790, Hillsborough

84

Claus von der Decken

German politician (1742-1826)

*January 5th, 1742, Rittershausen †February 10th, 1826, Hanover

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1742 is a normal year and no leap year.

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