Historical Events on July 6

866 middle ages battle

1149 Frankish defeat to Zengid forces

Battle during the Peasant's Revolt, 1381

Battle on 28th June 1389

1539 military engagement between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri

1607 battle in Poland-Lithuania

1641 battle of the Franco-Spanish War of 1635–1659

Naval battle of the Anglo-French War and of the War of American Independence

1801 naval battle during the War of the Second Coalition

Naval battle fought between Denmark-Norway and Britain in 1812 on the southern coast of Norway, effectively concluding the Gunboat War in Britain's favour and putting Denmark-Norway out of the war

1827 battle during the Argentine Civil Wars

Battle in the French Conquests of Algeria

1840 battle between China and Britain

1864 action of the American Civil War

1916 battle during the First World War

1917 battle in the Arab Revolt of World War I

1943 battle of the Pacific Theater of World War II

Landing at Nassau Bay

1947 motorcycle rally sensationalized in news and film media that inspired The Wild One

1950 treaty between Poland and East Germany

1952 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1952

1958 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1958

1969 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1969

1975 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1975

1977 terrorist attack

1997 murders in Washington, D.C.

2003 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2003

2008 British Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2008

Asiana Airlines Flight 214 — transpacific flight that crashed on July 6, 2013

2013 Bombing Disaster

Earthquake in the Philippines

Landslide that struck a remote Indonesian gold mine