On This Day in History for October 6
Events in History
- 105 BC Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus.
- 68 BC Battle of Artaxata: Lucullus averts the bad omen of this day by defeating Tigranes the Great of Armenia.
- 891 Formosus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1111 Boudouin VII becomes earl of Flanders
- 1499 French King Louis XII occupies Milan
- 1567 Duke of Alva becomes land guardian of Netherlands
- 1683 13 Mennonite families from Germany found Germantown, Philadelphia
- 1689 Pietro Ottoboni replaces Pope Innocent XI as Alexander VIII
- More Events in History
Isaac Brock
George Westinghouse
Le Corbusier
Thor Heyerdahl
Fannie Lou Hamer
Hafez al-AssadWeddings in History
- 1936 Diana Mitford marries Oswald Mosley in the house of Joseph Goebbels with Adolf Hitler as a guest
- 1956 South African politician "Kobie" Coetsee marries Helena E Malan
- 2007 TV talk show host Montel Williams (51) weds American Airlines flight attendant Tara Fowler (37) on a beach in Bermuda
More Weddings & Divorces in History
George Childress
Alfred Tennyson
Anwar SadatOctober in History
Wedding Day for 'Diamond Eye' Cats
Two ‘lucky’ cats were treated to a $28,000 ‘wedding’ by their grateful owner on this day, with 500 human guests who brought gifts worth an incredible $60,000.
October 5, 1996
Women's March on Versailles
Women of Paris marching to Versailles, one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution
October 5, 1789
Far Side of the Moon Revealed
The first ever photo of the far side of the Moon, taken by the Soviet spacecraft Luna 3
October 7, 1959
Lepanto – The Battle That Saved Europe
The Christian West was saved from defeat by the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Lepanto on this day, the most important naval engagement in human history.
October 7, 1571