# On this day: July 6

July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years), with 178 days left until the end of the year.

## July 6 in one line

Headline entries for July 6, from Wikipedia: in 1483, The last monarch of the House of York and the Plantagenet dynasty, Richard III, was crowned King of England; born 1946: George W. Bush, American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States; died 1971: Louis Armstrong, American singer and trumpet player (born 1901). In 2026 it is a Monday, in 2027 a Tuesday.

## Events on July 6

- 371 BC The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leuctra)
- 1415 Jan Hus is condemned by the assembly of the council in the Konstanz Cathedral as a heretic and sentenced to be burned at the stake. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Hus)
- 1483 The last monarch of the House of York and the Plantagenet dynasty, Richard III, was crowned King of England. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England)
- 1536 The explorer Jacques Cartier lands at St. Malo at the end of his second expedition to North America. He returns with none of the gold he expected to find. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier)
- 1614 The Ottoman Empire made a final attempt to conquer the island of Malta, but were repulsed by the Knights Hospitaller. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_%C5%BBejtun)
- 1685 Troops loyal to James II of England defeated those of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth at the Battle of Sedgemoor, the final battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sedgemoor)
- 1777 American Revolutionary War: American troops at Fort Ticonderoga in New York completed a retreat from advancing British forces, causing an uproar among the American public. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_Ticonderoga_(1777))
- 1801 French Revolutionary Wars: A Royal Navy squadron failed to eliminate a smaller French Navy squadron at Algeciras before they could join their Spanish allies. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Algeciras)
- 1809 Napoleon's French forces defeated Archduke Charles' Austrian army at the Battle of Wagram, the decisive confrontation of the War of the Fifth Coalition. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wagram)
- 1915 First World War: The British and French prime ministers, H. H. Asquith and René Viviani, met at Calais to discuss future offensives including the Gallipoli campaign. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calais_Conference_(July_1915))
- 1916 First World War: Russian troops won a victory in the Battle of Kostiuchnówka, with the Polish Legions playing a key role on the Austro-Hungarian side. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kostiuchn%C3%B3wka)
- 1936 A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sent millions of gallons of water cascading 300 feet (90 m) into the River Irwell. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester%2C_Bolton_and_Bury_Canal)
- 1940 The Story Bridge in Brisbane, the longest cantilever bridge in Australia, was opened by Sir Leslie Wilson, Governor of Queensland. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_Bridge)
- 1941 Second World War: After a three-month siege, the Italian garrison of Saïo (in modern-day Ethiopia) surrendered to Belgian, British and Ethiopian troops. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sa%C3%AFo)
- 1941 World War II: The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Smolensk_(1941))
- 1947 Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_Sylhet_referendum)
- 1947 The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-47)
- 1957 John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney)
- 1966 Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Banda)
- 1971 After visiting several Asian communist countries, Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu gave a speech on a number of neo-Stalinist and socialist-realist ideals, which became known as the July Theses. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Theses)
- 1989 A Palestinian Islamic Jihad member carried out a suicide attack by hijacking a bus and forcing it into a ravine near Kiryat Ye'arim, Israel. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tel_Aviv%E2%80%93Jerusalem_bus_attack)
- 1997 The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree conflict, five days of unrest began in nationalist districts of Northern Ireland. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Northern_Ireland_riots)
- 2006 A gunman killed an 18-year-old man and injured six other people in a mass shooting on Cabildo Avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_R%C3%ADos_(murderer))
- 2009 Jadranka Kosor became the first female prime minister of Croatia. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadranka_Kosor)
- 2013 Gunmen attacked a secondary school in Mamudo, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing 42 people, mostly students. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamudo_school_massacre)
- 2013 In the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 777 airliner, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed on final approach to San Francisco International Airport, resulting in three deaths. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_214)

## Born on July 6

- 1796 Nicholas I of Russia (died 1855) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_I_of_Russia)
- 1832 Maximilian I of Mexico (died 1867) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_I_of_Mexico)
- 1878 Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (died 1926) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eino_Leino)
- 1886 Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (died 1944) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Bloch)
- 1887 Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter and poet (died 1985) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Chagall)
- 1903 Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1982) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Theorell)
- 1907 Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (died 1954) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo)
- 1921 Nancy Reagan, American actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States (died 2016) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Reagan)
- 1923 Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of the Third Polish Republic (died 2014) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojciech_Jaruzelski)
- 1927 Janet Leigh, American actress and author (died 2004) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Leigh)
- 1935 Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama)
- 1940 Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursultan_Nazarbayev)
- 1946 George W. Bush, American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush)
- 1946 Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Stallone)
- 1946 Peter Singer, Australian philosopher and academic [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer)
- 1951 Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor and producer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Rush)
- 1952 Hilary Mantel, English author and critic (died 2022) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Mantel)
- 1975 50 Cent, American rapper and actor [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent)
- 1979 Kevin Hart, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Hart)
- 1980 Eva Green, French actress and model [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Green)
- 1980 Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pau_Gasol)
- 1985 Ranveer Singh, Indian film actor [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranveer_Singh)

## Died on July 6

- 1189 Henry II, king of England (born 1133) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_England)
- 1415 Jan Hus, Czech priest, philosopher, and reformer (born 1369) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Hus)
- 1533 Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet and playwright (born 1474) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovico_Ariosto)
- 1535 Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and martyr (born 1478) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_More)
- 1553 Edward VI, king of England and Ireland (born 1537) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VI)
- 1854 Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (born 1789) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Ohm)
- 1893 Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet (born 1850) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_Maupassant)
- 1959 George Grosz, German painter and illustrator (born 1893) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Grosz)
- 1962 William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Faulkner)
- 1971 Louis Armstrong, American singer and trumpet player (born 1901) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong)
- 1989 János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, Hungarian Minister of the Interior (born 1912) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_K%C3%A1d%C3%A1r)
- 2005 Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Simon)
- 2020 Ennio Morricone, Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpet player (born 1928) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_Morricone)
- 2022 James Caan, American actor (born 1940) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Caan)

## Holidays and observances

- The first day of the Festival of San Fermín, which lasts until July 14. (Pamplona) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_San_Ferm%C3%ADn)
- Christian feast day: Goar of Aquitaine [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goar_of_Aquitaine)
- Christian feast day: Maria Goretti [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Goretti)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Mary Theresa Ledóchowska [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Theresa_Led%C3%B3chowska)
- Christian feast day: Moninne [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moninne)
- Christian feast day: Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazaria_Ignacia_March_Mesa)
- Christian feast day: Romulus of Fiesole [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_of_Fiesole)
- Christian feast day: Thomas More [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_More)
- Christian feast day: July 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_6_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
- Constitution Day (Cayman Islands) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Day)
- Day of the Capital (Kazakhstan) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan)
- Independence Day (Comoros), celebrates the independence of the Comoros from France in 1975. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Comoros)
- Independence Day (Malawi), celebrates the independence of Malawi from United Kingdom in 1964. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Malawi)
- International Kissing Day (informally observed) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Kissing_Day)
- Jan Hus Day (Czech Republic) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Czech_Republic)
- Kupala Night (Poland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kupala_Night)
- Statehood Day (Lithuania) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statehood_Day_(Lithuania))
- Teachers' Day (Peru) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Teachers'_Days)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia — “July 6”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_6) — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/July 6”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/July_6) — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/) — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence)](https://github.com/vacanza/holidays) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article [“July 6”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_6) and the articles it links to ([authors and history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_6?action=history)), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for July 6 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.

## July 6 in the calendar

| Year | Weekday | ISO week | Moon (UTC) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Monday | 2026-W28 | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |
| 2027 | Tuesday | 2027-W27 | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |
| 2028 | Thursday | 2028-W27 | 🌕 Full Moon |
| 2029 | Friday | 2029-W27 | 🌘 Waning Crescent |
| 2030 | Saturday | 2030-W27 | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |

Moon phases are for the day in UTC; at the edges of a phase your local date can differ.

## Public holidays on July 6

None of the 28 countries we track has a public holiday on July 6 in 2026 or 2027.

[Today's holidays in 28 countries →](https://whathappen.today/holidays/)

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