On this day | April 6th

On this day: April 6th

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46 BC Julius Caesar defeats Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica and Cato the Younger at the Battle of Thapsus.

402 Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric I in the Battle of Pollentia.

1320 The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.

1453 Mehmed II begins his Fall of Constantinople. The city falls on May 29 and is renamed Istanbul.

1580 One of the 1580 Dover Straits earthquake recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.

1652 At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.

1712 The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway (Manhattan).

1776 American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their Battle of Block Island a Royal Navy dispatch boat.

1782 King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.

1793 During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.

1800 The Treaty of Constantinople (1800) establishes the Septinsular Republic, the first autonomous Greek state since the Fall of the Byzantine Empire. (Under the Old Style and New Style dates calendar then still in use in the Ottoman Empire, the treaty was signed on 21 March.)

1808 John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.

1812 British forces under the command of the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Siege of Badajoz (1812). This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France.

1814 Nominal beginning of the Bourbon Restoration in France; anniversary date that Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.

1830 Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is April 6 (LDS Church) by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette, New York or Manchester, New York.

1841 U.S. President John Tyler is sworn in, two days after having become president upon William Henry Harrison's death.

1860 The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.

1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union (American Civil War) General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate States of America troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.

1865 American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia, during the Appomattox Campaign.

1866 The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.

1896 In Athens, the opening of the 1896 Summer Olympics is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.

1909 Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.

1911 During the Battle of Deçiq, Ded Gjo Luli, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).

1917 World War I: The United States declaration of war on Germany (1917).

1918 Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere ends.

1926 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).

1929 Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is Impeachment in the United States by the Louisiana House of Representatives.

1930 At the end of the Salt March, Mahatma Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."

1936 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.

1941 World War II: Nazi Germany launches Invasion of Yugoslavia (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).

1945 World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from Nazi Germany and Independent State of Croatia forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.

1945 World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville Island comes to an end.

1947 The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.

1957 The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airlines, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines".

1958 Capital Airlines Flight 67 crashes in Tittabawassee Township, Michigan, near MBS International Airport, killing 47.

1965 Launch of Intelsat I, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.

1968 In the downtown district of Richmond, Indiana, a Richmond, Indiana explosion kills 41 and injures 150.

1968 Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, 1968, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon afterward.

1970 Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.

1972 Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.

1973 Launch of ''Pioneer 11'' spacecraft.

1973 The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.

1974 In Brighton, United Kingdom, ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 of the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo (song)", the first of a joint-record seven Sweden wins.

1984 Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard 1984 Cameroonian coup attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.

1985 Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry is ousted from power in a 1985 Sudanese coup d'état led by Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab.

1992 The Bosnian War begins.

1994 The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan President (government title) Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira.

1997 In Greene County, Tennessee, the Lillelid murders occur.

1998 Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.

2004 Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.

2005 Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.

2008 The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.

2009 A 2009 L'Aquila earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.

2010 Maoist rebels April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada 76 Central Reserve Police Force officers in Dantewada district, India.

2011 In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several 2011 San Fernando massacre.

2012 Azawad Azawadi declaration of independence from the Republic of Mali.

2017 U.S. military launches 2017 Shayrat missile strike at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.

2018 A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others.

1135 Maimonides, Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, physician and astronomer (March 30 also proposed, d. 1204)

1342 Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa

1573 Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg, German noble (d. 1643)

1632 Maria Leopoldine of Austria (d. 1649)

1651 André Dacier, French scholar and academic (d. 1722)

1660 Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer (d. 1722)

1664 Arvid Horn, Swedish general and politician, List of governors of Västerbotten County (d. 1742)

1671 Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (d. 1741)

1672 André Cardinal Destouches, French composer (d. 1749)

1706 Louis de Cahusac, French playwright and composer (d. 1759)

1708 Johann Georg Reutter, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1772)

1725 Pasquale Paoli, French soldier and politician (d. 1807)

1726 Gerard Majella, Italian saint (d. 1755)

1741 Nicolas Chamfort, French author and playwright (d. 1794)

1766 Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter and educator (d. 1853)

1773 James Mill, Scottish historian, economist, and philosopher (d. 1836)

1787 Celestina Cordero, Puerto Rican educator (d. 1862)

1810 Philip Henry Gosse, English biologist and academic (d. 1888)

1812 Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (d. 1870)

1815 Robert Volkmann, German organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1883)

1818 Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian journalist and poet (d. 1870)

1820 Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (d. 1910)

1823 Joseph Medill, Canadian-American publisher and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1899)

1824 George Waterhouse (politician), English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1906)

1826 Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (d. 1898)

1844 William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1913)

1851 Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (d. 1932)

1852 Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (d. 1921)

1855 Charles Huot, Canadian painter and illustrator (d. 1930)

1857 Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer (d. 1922)

1860 René Lalique, French sculptor and jewellery designer (d. 1945)

1861 Stanislas de Guaita, French poet and author (d. 1897)

1864 William Bate Hardy, English biologist and academic (d. 1934)

1866 Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (d. 1931)

1869 Levon Shant, Armenian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1951)

1878 Erich Mühsam, German author, poet, and playwright (d. 1934)

1881 Karl Staaf, Swedish pole vaulter and hammer thrower (d. 1953)

1884 J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (d. 1927)

1886 Athenagoras I of Constantinople (d. 1972)

1886 Walter Dandy, American physician and neurosurgeon (d. 1946)

1886 Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Indian ruler (d. 1967)

1888 Hans Richter (artist), Swiss painter, illustrator, and director (d. 1976)

1888 Gerhard Ritter, German historian and academic (d. 1967)

1890 Anthony Fokker, Dutch engineer and businessman, founded Fokker (d. 1939)

1892 Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company (d. 1981)

1892 Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (d. 1981)

1895 Dudley Nichols, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1960)

1898 Jeanne Hébuterne, French painter and author (d. 1920)

1900 Leo Robin, American composer and songwriter (d. 1984)

1901 Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist (d. 1925)

1902 Julien Torma, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)

1903 Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager (d. 1962)

1903 Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (d. 1990)

1904 Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer, politician and Chancellor of Germany (d. 1988)

1904 Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (d. 1966)

1906 Virginia Hall, American who was a spy in France for the UK and US during WWII (d. 1982)

1908 Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Canadian preacher, missionary, and author (d. 1994)

1908 Ernie Lombardi, American baseball player (d. 1977)

1909 William M. Branham, American minister and theologian (d. 1965)

1909 Hermann Lang, German race car driver (d. 1987)

1910 Barys Kit, Belarusian Americans rocket scientist (d. 2018)

1911 Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1979)

1913 Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune, American geographer and academic (d. 1993)

1915 Tadeusz Kantor, Polish director, painter, and set designer (d. 1990)

1916 Phil Leeds, American actor (d. 1998)

1916 Vincent Ellis McKelvey, American geologist and author (d. 1987)

1917 Leonora Carrington, English-Mexican painter and author (d. 2011)

1918 Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (d. 1982)

1919 Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician, 11th Ministry of Culture and Sport (Greece) (d. 1998)

1920 Jack Cover, American pilot and physicist, invented the Taser (d. 2009)

1920 Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 2021)

1921 Wilbur Thompson, American shot putter (d. 2013)

1922 Gordon Chater, English-Australian comedian and actor (d. 1999)

1923 Herb Thomas, American race car driver (d. 2000)

1926 Sergio Franchi, Italian-American singer and actor (d. 1990)

1926 Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator (d. 2000)

1926 Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 2014)

1926 Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer (d. 2018)

1927 Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1996)

1928 James Watson, American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate

1929 Willis Hall, English playwright and author (d. 2005)

1929 Joi Lansing, American model, actress and nightclub singer (d. 1972)

1929 André Previn, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019)

1929 Christos Sartzetakis, Greek jurist, supreme justice and President of Greece (d. 2022)

1930 Qiu Dahong, Chinese coastal and offshore engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (d. 2025)

1931 Ram Dass, American author and educator (d. 2019)

1931 Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)

1932 Connie Broden, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2013)

1932 Helmut Griem, German actor and director (d. 2004)

1933 Roy Goode, English lawyer and academic

1933 Tom C. Korologos, American journalist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Belgium (d. 2024)

1933 Eduardo Malapit, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Kauai (d. 2007)

1934 Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (d. 1996)

1934 Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist and wrestler (d. 2010)

1934 Guy Peellaert, Belgian painter, illustrator, and photographer (d. 2008)

1935 Douglas Hill, Canadian author and critic (d. 2007)

1936 Helen Berman, Dutch-Israeli painter and illustrator

1936 Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist, biologist, and academic

1937 Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)

1937 Tom Veivers, Australian cricketer and politician

1937 Billy Dee Williams, American actor, singer, and writer

1938 Paul Daniels, English magician and television host (d. 2016)

1938 Roy Thinnes, American television and film actor

1939 André Ouellet, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)

1939 John Sculley, American businessman, co-founded Zeta Interactive

1940 Homero Aridjis, Mexican journalist, author, and poet

1940 Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Mexican-American actor and producer (d. 2011)

1941 Christopher Allsopp, English economist and academic

1941 Phil Austin, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2015)

1941 Hans W. Geißendörfer, German director and producer

1941 Angeliki Laiou, Greek-American Byzantinist and politician (d. 2008)

1941 Don Prudhomme, American race car driver and manager

1941 Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian flute player and composer

1942 Barry Levinson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1942 Anita Pallenberg, Italian-English model, actress, and fashion designer (d. 2017)

1943 Max Clifford, English journalist and publicist (d. 2017)

1943 Roger Cook (journalist), New Zealand-English journalist and academic

1943 Ian MacRae, New Zealand rugby player

1943 Mitchell Melton, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

1944 Felicity Palmer, English operatic soprano

1944 Charles Sobhraj, French serial killer

1945 Rodney Bickerstaffe, English trade union leader (d. 2017)

1945 Peter Hill (journalist), English journalist

1946 Paul Beresford, New Zealand-English dentist and politician

1947 John Ratzenberger, American actor and director

1947 André Weinfeld, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter

1947 Mike Worboys, English mathematician and computer scientist

1949 Alyson Bailes, English academic and diplomat (d. 2016)

1949 Patrick Hernandez, French singer-songwriter

1949 Ng Ser Miang, Singaporean athlete, entrepreneur and diplomat

1949 Horst Ludwig Störmer, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

1950 Claire Morissette, Canadian cycling activist (d. 2007)

1950 Cleo Odzer, American anthropologist and author (d. 2001)

1951 Bert Blyleven, Dutch-American baseball player and sportscaster

1951 Jean-Marc Boivin, French skier, mountaineer, and pilot (d. 1990)

1951 Pascal Rogé, French pianist

1952 Udo Dirkschneider, German singer-songwriter

1952 Marilu Henner, Greek-Polish American actress and author

1952 Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 1992)

1953 Patrick Doyle, Scottish actor and composer

1953 Christopher Franke, German-American drummer and songwriter

1955 Rob Epstein, American director and producer

1955 Michael Rooker, American actor, director, and producer

1955 Cathy Jones, Canadian actress, comedian, and writer

1956 Michele Bachmann, American lawyer and politician

1956 Normand Corbeil, Canadian composer (d. 2013)

1956 Mudassar Nazar, Pakistani cricketer

1956 Lee Scott (politician), English politician

1956 Sebastian Spreng, Argentinian-American painter and journalist

1956 Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer and coach

1957 Giorgio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach

1957 Maurizio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach

1957 Jaroslava Maxová, Czech soprano and educator

1957 Paolo Nespoli, Italian soldier, engineer, and astronaut

1958 Graeme Base, Australian author and illustrator

1959 Gail Shea, Canadian politician

1960 Warren Haynes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1960 Richard Loe, New Zealand rugby player

1960 John Pizzarelli, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1961 Rory Bremner, Scottish impressionist and comedian

1961 Peter Jackson (footballer, born 1961), English footballer and manager

1962 Iris Häussler, German sculptor and academic

1962 Marco Schällibaum, Swiss footballer, coach, and manager

1963 Rafael Correa, Ecuadorian economist and politician, 54th President of Ecuador

1964 David Woodard, American conductor and writer

1964 Tim Walz, American politician, Governor of Minnesota & vice presidential candidate

1965 Black Francis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1965 Sterling Sharpe, American football player and sportscaster

1966 Vince Flynn, American author (d. 2013)

1966 Young Man Kang, South Korean-American director and producer

1967 Julian Anderson, English composer and educator

1967 Kathleen Barr, Canadian voice actress and singer

1967 Tanya Byron, English psychologist and academic

1967 Jonathan Firth, English actor

1968 Archon Fung, American political scientist, author, and academic

1968 Affonso Giaffone, Brazilian race car driver

1969 Bret Boone, American baseball player and manager

1969 Bison Dele, American basketball player (d. 2002)

1969 Philipp Peter, Austrian race car driver

1969 Paul Rudd, American actor

1969 Spencer Wells, American geneticist and anthropologist

1970 Olaf Kölzig, South African-German ice hockey player and coach

1970 Roy Mayorga, American drummer, songwriter, and producer

1970 Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer

1972 Anders Thomas Jensen, Danish director and screenwriter

1972 Dickey Simpkins, American basketball player and sportscaster

1973 Donnie Edwards, American football player

1973 Randall Godfrey, American football player

1973 Rie Miyazawa, Japanese model and actress

1973 Franck Marchis, planetary scientist

1973 Lori Heuring, actress

1973 Cindy Robinson, voice actress

1973 Sun Wen (footballer), Chinese footballer

1975 Zach Braff, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1975 Hal Gill, American ice hockey player

1976 Candace Cameron Bure, American actress and talk show panelist

1976 James Fox (singer), Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1976 Chris Hoke, American football player

1976 Georg Hólm, Icelandic bass player

1976 Hirotada Ototake, Japanese author and educator

1977 Ville Nieminen, Finnish ice hockey player

1977 Andy Phillips (baseball), American baseball player and coach

1978 Imani Coppola, American singer-songwriter and violinist

1978 Robert Glasper, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

1978 Tim Hasselbeck, American football player and sportscaster

1978 Myleene Klass, Austrian/Filipino-English singer, pianist, and model

1978 Martín Méndez, Uruguayan bass player and songwriter

1978 Blaine Neal, American baseball player

1978 Igor Semshov, Russian footballer

1979 Lord Frederick Windsor, English journalist and financier

1979 Clay Travis, American sports journalist, blogger, and broadcaster

1980 Tommi Evilä, Finnish long jumper

1980 Tanja Poutiainen, Finnish skier

1981 Robert Earnshaw, Welsh footballer

1981 Jeff Faine, American football player

1981 Lucas Licht, Argentine footballer

1981 Alex Suarez (musician), American bass player

1982 Travis Moen, Canadian ice hockey player

1982 Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Spanish actor

1983 Mehdi Ballouchy, Moroccan footballer

1983 Jerome Kaino, New Zealand rugby player

1983 Mitsuru Nagata, Japanese footballer

1983 Remi Nicole, English singer-songwriter and actress

1983 James Wade, English darts player

1983 Katie Weatherston, Canadian ice hockey player

1984 Max Bemis, American singer-songwriter

1984 Michaël Ciani, French footballer

1984 Siboniso Gaxa, South African footballer

1984 Diana Matheson, Canadian soccer player

1985 Clarke MacArthur, Canadian ice hockey player

1985 Frank Ongfiang, Cameroonian footballer

1985 Sinqua Walls, American basketball player and actor

1986 Nikolas Asprogenis, Cypriot footballer

1986 Aaron Curry (American football), American football player

1986 Goeido Gotaro, Japanese sumo wrestler

1986 Ryota Moriwaki, Japanese footballer

1987 Benjamin Corgnet, French footballer

1987 Heidi Mount, American model

1987 Juan Adriel Ochoa, Mexican footballer

1987 Levi Porter, English footballer

1987 Hilary Rhoda, American model

1988 Jucilei, Brazilian footballer

1988 Leigh Adams (footballer), Australian footballer

1988 Daniele Gasparetto, Italian footballer

1988 Carlton Mitchell, American football player

1988 Fabrice Muamba, Congolese-English footballer

1988 Ivonne Orsini, Puerto Rican model and television host, Miss World Puerto Rico 2008

1990 Lachlan Coote, Australian rugby league player

1990 Charlie McDermott, American actor

1990 Andrei Veis, Estonian footballer

1992 Ken (VIXX singer), South Korean singer

1992 Julie Ertz, American soccer player

1992 Huh Chan-mi, South Korean singer

1994 Adrián Alonso, Mexican actor

1995 Darya Lebesheva, Belarusian tennis player

1997 Mingyu, South Korean singer and rapper

1998 Peyton List (actress, born 1998), American actress and model

1998 Spencer List, American actor

2000 Shaheen Afridi, Pakistani cricketer

2001 Oscar Piastri, Australian racing driver

2001 Moritz Seider, German ice hockey player

2002 Andrea Botez, Canadian-American chess player, commentator, Twitch streamer and YouTuber

2002 Leyre Romero Gormaz, Spanish tennis player

2009 Shaylee Mansfield, deaf American actress and YouTuber

2009 Valentina Tronel, French child singer

861 Prudentius of Troyes, bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Troyes

885 Saints Cyril and Methodius, Byzantine missionary and saint (b. 815)

887 Pei Che, Chancellor of the Tang dynasty

943 Liu Churang, Chinese general and chief of staff (b. 881)

943 Nasr II, ruler (''Emir'') of the Samanid Empire (b. 906)

1147 Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, duke of Duchy of Swabia (b. 1090)

1174 Umara al-Yamani, Yemeni poet and historian (b. 1121)

1199 Richard I of England, king of England (b. 1157)

1231 William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

1250 Guillaume de Sonnac, Grand Master of the Knights Templar

1252 Peter of Verona, Italian priest and saint (b. 1206)

1340 Basil of Trebizond, emperor of Empire of Trebizond (Turkey)

1362 James I, Count of La Marche, count of County of La Marche (b. 1319)

1376 Preczlaw of Pogarell, Cardinal (Catholicism) and Bishop of Wrocław (b. 1310)

1490 Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary and List of rulers of Croatia from 1458 to 1490 (b. 1443)

1520 Raphael, Italian painter and architect (b. 1483)

1523 Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English nobleman (b. 1479)

1528 Albrecht Dürer, German painter, engraver, and mathematician (b. 1471)

1551 Joachim Vadian, Swiss scholar and politician (b. 1484)

1571 John Hamilton (archbishop of St Andrews), Scottish archbishop and academic (b. 1512)

1590 Francis Walsingham, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1532)

1593 Henry Barrowe, English Puritan and separatist (b. 1550)

1605 John Stow, English historian and author (b. 1525)

1621 Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (b. 1539)

1641 Domenichino, Italian painter (b. 1581)

1655 David Blondel, French minister, historian, and scholar (b. 1591)

1670 Leonora Baroni, Italian composer (b. 1611)

1676 John Winthrop the Younger, English politician, 1st List of colonial governors of Connecticut (b. 1606)

1686 Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (b. 1614)

1707 Willem van de Velde the Younger, Dutch-English painter (b. 1633)

1755 Richard Rawlinson, English minister and historian (b. 1690)

1790 Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)

1825 Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter and educator (b. 1757)

1827 Nikolis Apostolis, Greek naval commander during the Greek War of Independence (b. 1770)

1829 Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (b. 1802)

1833 Adamantios Korais, Greek philosopher and scholar (b. 1748)

1838 José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (b. 1763)

1860 James Kirke Paulding, American author and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1778)

1862 Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (b. 1803)

1883 Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (b. 1801)

1886 William Edward Forster, English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1818)

1899 Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)

1906 Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th List of County Governors of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)

1913 Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)

1927 Florence Earle Coates, American poet (b. 1850)

1935 Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)

1944 Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (b. 1874)

1947 Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (b. 1896)

1950 Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (b. 1882)

1953 Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (b. 1905)

1959 Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1895)

1961 Jules Bordet, Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1870)

1963 Otto Struve, Ukrainian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1897)

1970 Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933)

1971 Igor Stravinsky, Russian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1882)

1974 Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch architect (b. 1884)

1974 Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas (b. 1895)

1977 Kōichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (b. 1889)

1979 Ivan Vasilyov, Bulgarian architect, designed the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library (b. 1893)

1983 Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri, Indian General who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1962 to 1966 and the Military Governor of Hyderabad State from 1948 to 1949. (b. 1908)

1992 Isaac Asimov, American science fiction writer (b. 1920)

1994 Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan banker and politician, 3rd President of Rwanda (b. 1937)

1994 Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (b. 1955)

1995 Ioannis Alevras, Greek banker and politician, President of Greece (b. 1912)

1996 Greer Garson, English-American actress (b. 1904)

1998 Norbert Schmitz, German footballer (b. 1958)

1998 Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)

1999 Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (b. 1908)

2000 Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician, 1st President of Tunisia (b. 1903)

2001 Charles Pettigrew, American singer-songwriter (b. 1963)

2003 David Bloom, American journalist (b. 1963)

2003 Anita Borg, American computer scientist and educator; founded Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (b. 1949)

2003 Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (b. 1912)

2003 Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer, educator, and activist (b. 1927)

2003 Dino Yannopoulos, Greek stage director of the Metropolitan Opera (b. 1919)

2004 Lou Berberet, American baseball player (b. 1929)

2004 Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist (b. 1929)

2005 Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923)

2005 Anthony F. DePalma, American orthopedic surgeon and professor (b. 1904)

2006 Maggie Dixon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1977)

2006 Francis L. Kellogg, American soldier and diplomat (b. 1917)

2006 Stefanos Stratigos, Greek actor and director (b. 1926)

2007 Luigi Comencini, Italian director and producer (b. 1916)

2009 J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1919)

2009 Shawn Mackay, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1982)

2010 Wilma Mankiller, American tribal leader (b. 1945)

2010 Corin Redgrave, English actor (b. 1939)

2011 Gerald Finnerman, American director and cinematographer (b. 1931)

2012 Roland Guilbault, American admiral (b. 1934)

2012 Thomas Kinkade, American painter and illustrator (b. 1958)

2012 Fang Lizhi, Chinese astrophysicist and academic (b. 1936)

2012 Sheila Scotter, Australian fashion designer and journalist (b. 1920)

2012 Reed Whittemore, American poet and critic (b. 1919)

2013 Hilda Bynoe, Grenadian physician and politician, 2nd Governor of Grenada (b. 1921)

2013 Bill Guttridge, English footballer and manager (b. 1931)

2013 Bigas Luna, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1946)

2013 Ottmar Schreiner, German lawyer and politician (b. 1946)

2014 Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918), American actress (b. 1918)

2014 Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (b. 1926)

2014 Liv Dommersnes, Norwegian actress (b. 1922)

2014 Mickey Rooney, American soldier, actor, and dancer (b. 1920)

2014 Chuck Stone, American soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1924)

2014 Massimo Tamburini, Italian motorcycle designer, co-founded Bimota (b. 1943)

2015 Giovanni Berlinguer, Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)

2015 James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)

2015 Ray Charles (musician, born 1918), American singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1918)

2015 Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)

2016 Merle Haggard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)

2017 Don Rickles, American actor and comedian (b. 1926)

2019 Michael O'Donnell (physician), British physician, journalist, author and broadcaster (b. 1928)

2020 Al Kaline, American baseball player, broadcaster and executive (b. 1934)

2021 Hans Küng, Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author (b. 1928)

2021 Alcee Hastings, American politician (b. 1936)

2022 Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian and Soviet politician (b. 1946)

2022 Jill Knight, British politician (b. 1923)

2024 Joseph E. Brennan, American politician, 70th Governor of Maine (b. 1934)

Public holidays in Thailand, commemorating the establishment of the Chakri dynasty. (Thailand)

Christian feast day:

- Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach the Elder (Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)).

- Brychan

- Eutychius of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox Church)

- Marcellinus of Carthage

- Pope Sixtus I

- April 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

Public holidays in Indonesia (Indonesia)

New Beer's Eve (United States)

Tartan Day (United States & Canada)

Waltzing Matilda (Australia)

International Asexuality Day

April 6 Youth Movement

(starts 6April)

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/6 BBC: On This Day]

[https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/6 Historical Events on April 6]