1148
Battle of Mount Cadmus
Battle · Middle East
On this day
6 January
216 events in the atlas are dated to 6 January, from 741 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 216 events
- 741 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1579
Union of Arras
Treaty · Europe
1582
Truce of Yam-Zapolsky
Treaty
1964
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
Event · North America
2021
January 6 United States Capitol attack
Rebellion · North America
2025
Italian brainrot
Event
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 9 events- 1148Battle of Mount CadmusBattle · Middle East
- 1422Battle of NebovidyBattle · Europe
- 741 CEFounding of Kuni-kyōFounding · East Asia
- 1411Founding of BrășăuțiFounding · Europe
- 1169treaty of MontmirailTreaty · Europe
- 1198Fall of Armenian Principality of CiliciaCollapse
- 1424Battle of SkaliceBattle · Europe
- 1177Conquest of CuencaSiege · Europe
- 1432Siege of PouancéSiege · Europe
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 16 events- 1579Union of ArrasTreaty · Europe
- 1582Truce of Yam-ZapolskyTreaty
- 1542Founding of MéridaFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1781Battle of JerseyBattle · Europe
- 1614Founding of LingayenFounding · Southeast Asia
- 1596Drake's Assault on PanamaWar · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1586Battle of HitotoribashiBattle · East Asia
- 1552Founding of DârmăneștiFounding · Europe
- 1528Bern DisputationEvent · Europe
- 1519Bajaur massacreBattle · South Asia
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 25 events- 18721872 Quchan earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 1810Treaty of ParisTreaty · Europe
- 18421842 retreat from KabulBattle · South Asia
- 18951895 Counter-Revolution in HawaiiRebellion · North America
- 1839Night of the Big WindNatural disaster · Europe
- 1853Franklin Pierce rail accidentAccident · North America
- 1880Founding of CriciúmaFounding · South America
- 1860Founding of BethanyFounding · North America
- 1840Founding of ManzanilloFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1839Battle of BuinBattle · South America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 93 events- 1964New York Times Co. v. SullivanEvent · North America
- 1916Battle of MojkovacBattle · Europe
- 1919Christmas UprisingRebellion
- 1994Assault of Nancy KerriganNatural disaster · North America
- 19371937 Soviet censusEvent · Europe
- 1945Invasion of Lingayen GulfEvent · Southeast Asia
- 1921First Battle of İnönüBattle · Middle East
- 1942Battle of Slim RiverBattle · Southeast Asia
- 19781978 Pacific typhoon seasonEvent · 1978 – 1979
- 1951Ganghwa massacreAttack · East Asia
The 21st century
since 2001 · 73 events- 2021January 6 United States Capitol attackRebellion · North America
- 2025Italian brainrotEvent
- 2007murders of Channon Christian and Christopher NewsomNatural disaster · North America
- 2012Cicada 3301Event
- 2021Save America MarchProtest · North America
- 2021Hong Kong 47Event · East Asia
- 20212020 United States presidential election Electoral College countEvent · North America
- 2016January 2016 North Korean nuclear testEvent · East Asia
- 2010Nag Hammadi massacreAttack · North Africa
- 20172017 Fort Lauderdale Airport shootingAttack · North America
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.