January 6th, 1747

Born on January 6th, 1747

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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 1747

53

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz

German musician and composer (1747-1800)

*March 31st, 1747, Lüneburg †June 10th, 1800, Schwedt/Oder

29

Philip Vickers Fithian

American writer

*January 1st, 1747, Cumberland County †January 1st, 1776, Fort Washington

46

Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

French duke (1747-1793)

*April 13th, 1747, Château de Saint-Cloud †November 6th, 1793, Paris

88

Franz von Paula Schrank

German biologist (1747–1835)

*August 21st, 1747, Neuburg am Inn †December 22nd, 1835, Munich

79

Johann Elert Bode

Prusian astronomer

*January 19th, 1747, Hamburg †November 23rd, 1826, Berlin

46

Gottfried August Bürger

German poet (1747-1794)

*December 31st, 1747, Molmerswende †June 8th, 1794, Göttingen

48

Eugenio Espejo

18th century Spanish physician

*February 21st, 1747, Real Audiencia de Quito †December 27th, 1795, Quito

77

Robert Burton

American politician (1747-1825)

*October 20th, 1747, North Carolina †May 31st, 1825, Granville County

46

Armand Louis de Gontaut

French general (1747-1793)

*April 13th, 1747, Paris †December 31st, 1793, Paris

46

Maria Katharina Prestel

Painter and engraver from Nuremberg, active in London (1747–1794)

*July 22nd, 1747, Nuremberg †March 16th, 1794, Greater London

59

Prince August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

German prince (1747-1806)

*August 14th, 1747, Gotha †September 29th, 1806, Gotha

70

Yasuaki Aida

Japanese mathematician

*February 10th, 1747, Yamagata †December 4th, 1817, Edo

71

Johann Karl Wezel

German writer

*October 31st, 1747, Sondershausen †January 28th, 1819, Sondershausen

66

Rose Bertin

French marchande de modes (1747-1813)

*July 2nd, 1747, Abbeville †September 22nd, 1813, Épinay-sur-Seine

55

Friedrich August Ludwig von Burgsdorff

German botanist (1747-1802), canon of the Naumburg cathedral chapter

*March 23rd, 1747, Leipzig †June 18th, 1802, Berlin

59

Andreas Stütz

Austrian mineralogist and abbott

*January 1st, 1747, Vienna †January 1st, 1806, Vienna

72

Vincenzo Brenna

Italian architect and painter (1747-1820)

*August 20th, 1747, Florence †May 17th, 1820, Dresden

71

José da Costa e Silva

Portuguese architect

*July 25th, 1747, Vila Franca de Xira †March 21st, 1819, Rio de Janeiro

80

François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

Duke of France (1747–1827)

*January 11th, 1747, La Roche-Guyon †March 27th, 1827, Paris

74

Józef Wybicki

Polish poet, author of the national anthem (1747–1822)

*September 29th, 1747, Będomin †March 10th, 1822, Manieczki

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1747 is a normal year and no leap year.

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