1648
Pride's Purge
Political · Europe
On this day
6 December
331 events in the atlas are dated to 6 December, from 640 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 331 events
- 640 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1917
Halifax explosion
Accident · North America
1947
won
Event · East Asia
1949
La Violencia
War · South America · 1949 – 1958
2001
Battle of Tora Bora
Battle · South Asia
2008
2008 Greek riots
Protest · Europe
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 8 events- 1287Third Mongol invasion of PolandEvent · Europe
- 640 CESiege of DvinSiege · Middle East
- 1157Construction of St Nicholas, AberdeenConstruction · Europe
- 1260Siege of JerezSiege · Europe · 1260 – 1261
- 10581058 papal electionElection
- 1286Construction of Ukifunenoshima Stone PagodaConstruction · East Asia
- 1327Construction of St. Nicholas ChurchConstruction · Europe
- 1228Construction of St. Nikolai (Metzels)Construction · Europe
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 18 events- 1648Pride's PurgePolitical · Europe
- 1534Founding of QuitoFounding · South America
- 1704Battle of ChamkaurBattle
- 1656treaty of RadnotTreaty · Europe
- 1698Founding of AmbatoFounding · South America
- 16161616 Sanriku earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1649Battle of LisnagarveyBattle · Europe
- 1769Founding of Pittsgrove TownshipFounding · North America
- 1776Founding of TecalitlánFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1566Siege of ValenciennesSiege · Europe · 1566 – 1567
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 41 events- 1846Battle of San PasqualBattle · North America
- 1892Dundee Whaling ExpeditionExploration
- 1862Founding of AngolFounding · South America
- 1842Battle of Arroyo GrandeBattle · South America
- 1896Founding of Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityFounding · East Asia
- 1820Founding of PrincetonFounding · North America
- 1830FreiämtersturmEvent
- 1863Ecuadorian–Colombian WarWar
- 1868Battle of YtororóBattle · South America
- 1869Founding of Stowe TownshipFounding · North America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 160 events- 1947wonEvent · East Asia
- 1947North Korean wonEvent · East Asia
- 1921Anglo-Irish TreatyTreaty · Europe
- 1917Halifax explosionAccident · North America
- 1949La ViolenciaWar · South America · 1949 – 1958
- 1989École Polytechnique massacreNatural disaster · North America
- 1917Independence of FinlandEvent · Europe
- 1992Demolition of the Babri MasjidProtest · South Asia
- 19981998 Venezuelan presidential electionElection · South America
- 19911991 Austin yogurt shop murdersAttack · North America
The 21st century
since 2001 · 104 events- 20082008 Greek riotsProtest · Europe
- 2017United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of IsraelEvent · Middle East
- 2001Battle of Tora BoraBattle · South Asia
- 2015Armenian constitutional referendum, 2015Election · Middle East
- 20092009 Bolivian general electionElection · South America
- 2017Al Hudaydah governorate offensiveEvent · Middle East
- 2009disappearance of Susan PowellEvent · North America
- 20052005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crashAccident · Middle East
- 20242024 Melbourne synagogue attackCrime · Oceania
- 2016Cyclone VardahEvent
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.