November 6th, 1796

Born on November 6th, 1796

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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

Born on November 6th, 1796

54

Leopold II, Prince of Lippe

Sovereign of the Principality of Lippe

*November 6th, 1796, Detmold †January 1st, 1851, Detmold

Same year
Born in 1796

71

Franz Berwald

Swedish composer

*July 23rd, 1796, Stockholm †April 3rd, 1868, Stockholm

66

Edward Gibbon Wakefield

New Zealand politician (1796-1862)

*March 20th, 1796, London †May 16th, 1862, Wellington

77

Adolphe Quetelet

Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist (1796-1874)

*February 22nd, 1796, Ghent †February 17th, 1874, City of Brussels

53

Michał Mycielski

Brigadier general (1796–1849)

*June 24th, 1796, Berlin †September 27th, 1849, Maincy

43

Charles Follen

German-American educator

*September 6th, 1796, Romrod †January 13th, 1840, Long Island Sound

63

Horace Mann

American politician (1796-1859)

*May 4th, 1796, Franklin †August 2nd, 1859, Yellow Springs

75

Robert Wight

Scottish surgeon, botanist and botanical collector (1796-1872)

*July 6th, 1796, East Lothian †May 26th, 1872, Reading

21

Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales

British princess (1796-1817); only child of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV)

*January 7th, 1796, Carlton House †November 6th, 1817, Claremont

61

Daniel Elster

Composer and choir director (1796-1857)

*September 16th, 1796, Benshausen †December 19th, 1857, Wettingen

80

Fernán Caballero

Spanish women novelist

*December 24th, 1796, Morges †April 7th, 1877, Seville

77

Manuel Bretón de los Herreros

Spanish dramatist, poet, and journalist

*January 1st, 1796, Quel, La Rioja †January 1st, 1873, Madrid

90

Asher Brown Durand

American painter and engraver (1796-1886)

*August 21st, 1796, Maplewood †September 17th, 1886, Maplewood

82

Giorgio Pallavicino Trivulzio

Italian politician (1796-1878)

*April 24th, 1796, Milan †August 4th, 1878, Casteggio

56

Robert James Graves

Irish surgeon (1796–1853)

*March 27th, 1796, Dublin †March 20th, 1853, Dublin

61

Charles FitzRoy

British military officer (1796–1858)

*June 10th, 1796, Derbyshire †February 16th, 1858, London

52

Stephan Ludwig Roth

Transylvanian Saxon intellectual, pedagogue and Lutheran pastor (1796-1849)

*November 24th, 1796, Mediaș †May 11th, 1849, Cluj-Napoca

69

Philippe Buchez

French historian, sociologist, and politician (1796-1865)

*March 31st, 1796, Matagne-la-Petite †August 11th, 1865, Rodez

76

John Torrey

U.S. botanist (1796–1873)

*August 15th, 1796, New York City †March 10th, 1873, New York City

65

John Stevens Henslow

British botanist, priest and geologist (1796-1861)

*February 6th, 1796, Rochester †May 16th, 1861, Hitcham

50

Casimir de Scorbiac

French catholic priest and vicar general

*March 4th, 1796, Montauban †October 1st, 1846, Montauban

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Leap year

Yes: 1796 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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