6th July anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1859
  • Sweden
  • "Birth of Verner von Heidenstam, Nobel Prize-winning Swedish poet and author"
• event
  • 1609
  • Austria
  • "Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II granted Bohemia the Letter of Majesty, allowing it to control its own religious structure" more
  • 1685
  • Great Britain
  • Battle of Sedgemoor
  • 1809
  • France
  • Pope Pius VII was arrested and imprisoned by the French after excommunicating Napoleon
  • 1908
  • United States
  • American explorer Robert Peary set sail for the Arctic – he arrived at the North Pole in April 1909.
  • 1919
  • Great Britain
  • The first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship (British dirigible R34)
  • 1928
  • United States
  • "The first all-talking feature film ‘Lights of New York’ was presented at the Strand Theatre, New York."
  • 1939
  • Germany
  • The last remaining Jewish businesses in Germany were shut down
  • 1988
  • Great Britain
  • An explosion on the North Sea oil rig ‘Piper Alpha’ killed 167 people .
• Death
  • 1189
  • Great Britain
  • Henry II dies at the castle of Chinon in Anjou; Richard I 'Lionheart' becomes king of England (d. 1199) – acknowledges the independence of Scotland
  • 1535
  • Great Britain
  • Thomas More is executed
  • 1553
  • Great Britain
  • Edward VI dies; Lady Jane Grey queen for a few days only
  • 1809
  • France
  • "Death of Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French Cavalry General during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars"
  • 1998
  • United States
  • "Death of Roy Rogers, American singer and cowboy actor ."