June 6th, 1762

Born on June 6th, 1762

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What happened on June 6th, 1762?

June 6th, 1762

Seven Years' War: British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years'_War

What else happened on June 6th?

June 6th, 1912

The largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century began, forming the volcano Novarupta in the Alaska Peninsula.

June 6th, 1894

Governor Davis Hanson Waite ordered the Colorado state militia to protect and support miners engaged in a five-month strike in Cripple Creek.

June 6th, 1882

The Shewan army defeated Gojjame forces at the Battle of Embabo, an event that contributed to the supremacy of Shewa within the Ethiopian Empire.

June 6th, 1862

American Civil War: The Union Army's victory in the First Battle of Memphis virtually eradicated the Confederate naval presence on the Mississippi River.

June 6th, 1813

War of 1812: The British ambushed an American encampment near present-day Stoney Creek, Ontario, capturing two senior officers.

June 6th, 1749

A plot by Muslim slaves in Malta to assassinate Manuel Pinto da Fonseca of the Knights Hospitaller was uncovered.

June 6th, 1674

Shivaji (pictured), who led a resistance to free the Maratha from the Bijapur Sultanate and the Mughal Empire, was crowned the first chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire.

June 6th, 1513

War of the League of Cambrai: Milanese forces with Swiss mercenaries defeated the French in Novara, forcing them to withdraw from the Duchy of Milan and Italy.

June 6th, 2021

A man rammed a pickup truck into Muslim Pakistani Canadian pedestrians in Ontario, Canada, killing 4 members of the same family and injuring the family's nine year old son.

June 6th, 2017

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (soldiers pictured) opened the Second Battle of Raqqa, the final phase of the Raqqa campaign, capturing the de facto capital of the Islamic State four months later.

June 6th, 1985

The remains of Josef Mengele, a Nazi physician notorious for performing human experiments on Auschwitz inmates, were exhumed in Embu das Artes, Brazil.

June 6th, 1982

Falklands War: The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Cardiff engaged and destroyed a British Army helicopter in a friendly-fire incident.

June 6th, 1971

Vietnam War: Australian forces attacked a heavily fortified North Vietnamese base camp at the Battle of Long Khánh.

June 6th, 1944

World War II: Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious military operation in history, began with Allied troops landing on the beaches of Normandy in France.

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

Same year
Born in 1762

51

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

German philosopher (1762–1814)

*May 19th, 1762, Rammenau †January 27th, 1814, Berlin

80

Constanze Mozart

Austrian singer

*January 5th, 1762, Zell im Wiesental †March 6th, 1842, Salzburg

49

Spencer Perceval

19th-century prime minister of the United Kingdom (1762–1812)

*November 1st, 1762, Mayfair †May 11th, 1812, Palace of Westminster

57

Gia Long

Founder and 1st emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam (r. 1802-04)

*February 8th, 1762, Huế †February 3rd, 1820, Huế

82

Edmund Ignatius Rice

Founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers

*June 1st, 1762, Callan †August 29th, 1844, Waterford

62

Lachlan Macquarie

Scottish British army officer and New South Wales colonial administrator (1762-1824)

*January 31st, 1762, Ulva †July 1st, 1824, London

82

Georg Friedrich Benecke

German philologist and professor

*June 10th, 1762, Mönchsroth †August 21st, 1844, Göttingen

40

Heinrich Harries

German Protestant pastor

*September 9th, 1762, Flensburg †September 28th, 1802, Brügge

52

Giovanni Battista Monteggia

Italian surgeon (1762-1815)

*August 8th, 1762, Laveno-Mombello †January 17th, 1815, Pavia

64

Victor Hugues

French colonial governor

*July 21st, 1762, Marseille †August 12th, 1826, Cayenne

64

Pierre-Édouard Lémontey

French historian, lawyer and politician (1762-1826)

*January 14th, 1762, Lyon †June 26th, 1826, Paris

91

Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine

French architect (1762-1853)

*September 20th, 1762, Pontoise †October 10th, 1853, former 8th arrondissement of Paris

61

Theodorus Frederik van Capellen

Dutch admiral

*September 6th, 1762, Nijmegen †April 15th, 1824, Brussels metropolitan area

67

Marcos Portugal

Portuguese classical composer

*March 24th, 1762, Lisbon †February 17th, 1830, Rio de Janeiro

52

Hermenegildo Galeana

Mexican war hero. Tecpan, 1762 - El Salitral, Coyuca, 1814

*April 13th, 1762, Técpan de Galeana †June 27th, 1814, Coyuca de Benítez

55

Herman Willem Daendels

Dutch politician (1762–1818)

*October 21st, 1762, Hattem †May 2nd, 1818, Elmina

29

Jacob Johan Anckarström

Assassin of Gustav III, military captain

*May 11th, 1762, Roslagen †April 27th, 1792, Stockholm

80

Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny

Belgian composer (1762-1842)

*January 20th, 1762, Philippeville †August 25th, 1842, Saint-Maurice

61

Pierre Flaust

French politician

*October 19th, 1762, Rouen †February 20th, 1824, Saint-Sever-Calvados

54

Theroigne de Mericourt

French revolutionary (1762-1817)

*August 13th, 1762, Marcourt †June 8th, 1817, Paris

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No: With 365 days 1762 is a normal year and no leap year.

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