Page 2: Historical Events In December - 06

1745  On December - 06 bonnie Prince Charlies army retreats to Scotland   

1756  On December - 06 british troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India   

1768  First edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland) on December - 06.   

1768  1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland) on December - 06.   

1768  On December - 06 johann Baptist Henneberg, composer   

1774  On December - 06 austria becomes the first nation to introduce state education   

1775  Nicolas Isouard, composer on December - 06.   

1776  On December - 06 paul Friedrich Struck, composer   

1787  On December - 06 laurens Pieter van de Speigel appointed Dutch pension advisor   

1790  On December - 06 congress meets in Philadelphia, new temporary US capitol   

1790  The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December - 06.   

1792  Abraham J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary) on this day in history.   

1793  On December - 06 marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, beheaded   

1799  Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71 on December - 06.   

1806  On December - 06 louis-Gilbert Duprez, composer   

1808  On December - 06 johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author (Future)   

1809  On December - 06 stephen Thomas, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903   

1816  Henry Eustace McCulloch, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 on December - 06.   

1820  On this day in history uS president James Monroe re-elected   

1822  Veterinary school in Utrecht opens on December - 06.   

1822  John Eberhard, built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US on December - 06.   

1825  On this day in history president John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory   

1825  On this day in history pres John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory   

1831  On December - 06 joshua Woodrow Sill, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1833  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de la Plata on December - 06.   

1833  John Singleton Mosby, lawyer/Col (Confederate Army), died in 1916 on this day in history.   

1834  Jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, dies at 54 on December - 06.   

1841  On December - 06 robert Schumann's 4th Symphony in D, premieres   

1843  Amsterdam-Utrecht railway opens on this day in history.   

1843  On December - 06 albert de Vriendt, Flemish historical painter/etcher   

1845  Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity is founded at Yale College on December - 06.   

1846  The opera "La Damnation de Faust" is produced (Paris) on this day in history.   

1846  Opera "La Damnation de Faust" is produced (Paris) on December - 06.   

1846  Henryk Jarecki, composer on December - 06.   

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0846  On this day in history birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)   

1285  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on this day in history.   

1421  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on this day in history.   

1478  On December - 06 birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)   

1550  On December - 06 birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

1608  On December - 06 birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland   

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on December - 06.   

0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas   

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on December - 06.   

1352  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on December - 06.   

1531  On this day in history death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on December - 06.   

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on December - 06.