69 BCE
Battle of Tigranocerta
Battle · Middle East
On this day
6 October
370 events in the atlas are dated to 6 October, from 69 BCE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 370 events
- 69 BCE – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1762
British occupation of Manila
Event · Southeast Asia · 1762 – 1764
1948
1948 Ashgabat earthquake
Natural disaster · Central Asia
1973
Yom Kippur War
War · Middle East
2022
Nong Bua Lamphu massacre
Attack · Southeast Asia
2026
Hurricane Isaias
Event · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 1 eventThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 7 events- 1408Founding of IașiFounding · Europe
- 1398First Princes' RebellionRebellion · East Asia
- 1421Siege of MeauxSiege · Europe · 1421 – 1422
- 1124Siege of AleppoSiege · Middle East · 1124 – 1125
- 1408Founding of Târgu TrotușFounding · Europe
- 1241solar eclipse of October 6, 1241Event · Europe
- 1285Indravarman V's envoy to KublaiPolitical · Southeast Asia
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 34 events- 1762British occupation of ManilaEvent · Southeast Asia · 1762 – 1764
- 1799Battle of CastricumBattle · Europe
- 1667Battle of PodhajceBattle · Europe
- 1777Battle of Forts Clinton and MontgomeryBattle · North America
- 1694Battle of UstechkoBattle · Europe
- 1784Kettle WarEvent · Europe · 1784 – 1785
- 1750Founding of Ciudad VictoriaFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1778Founding of CáceresFounding · South America
- 1778Battle of Chestnut NeckBattle · North America
- 1549Founding of ZamoraFounding · South America
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 33 events- 1868Battle of Bonari PassBattle · East Asia
- 1880Founding of University of Southern CaliforniaFounding · North America
- 1863Battle of Fort BlairBattle · North America
- 1854Great fire of Newcastle and GatesheadEvent · Europe
- 1879Battle of CharasiabBattle · South Asia
- 1845Founding of South Park TownshipFounding · North America
- 1867Construction of Salt Lake TabernacleConstruction · North America
- 1849Founding of Ceamurlia de SusFounding · Europe
- 1817Founding of State University of LeuvenFounding · Europe
- 1896Construction of Konzōji StationConstruction · East Asia
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 178 events- 1973Yom Kippur WarWar · Middle East
- 1950Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of ChinaEvent · East Asia
- 1949China–North Korea relationsEvent · East Asia
- 1976Thammasat University massacreAttack · Southeast Asia
- 1973Operation BadrEvent · North Africa
- 19481948 Ashgabat earthquakeNatural disaster · Central Asia
- 1944Battle of DebrecenBattle · Europe
- 1976Cubana Flight 455Attack · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1950Battle of ChamdoWar · East Asia · 1950 – 1951
- 1981assassination of Anwar SadatAttack · North Africa
The 21st century
since 2001 · 117 events- 2026Hurricane IsaiasEvent · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 20182018 Haiti earthquakeNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 2022Nong Bua Lamphu massacreAttack · Southeast Asia
- 2008Tropical Storm MarcoEvent
- 20212021 Twitch data leakCrime
- 20072007 Pakistani presidential electionElection · South Asia
- 2005Pokémon: Battle FrontierEvent · 2005 – 2006
- 20242024 Tunisian presidential electionElection · North Africa
- 2018Romanian constitutional referendum, 2018Election · Europe
- 20212021 Balochistan earthquakeNatural disaster · South Asia
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.