July 06 371 BC The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeated Cleombrotus I, takes place
July 06 640 Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).
July 06 1253 Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
July 06 1348 Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.
July 06 1411 Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor.
July 06 1415 Jan Hus is condemned as a heretic and then burned at the stake
July 06 1438 A temporary compromise between the rebellious Transylvanian peasants and the noblemen is signed in Kolozsmonostor Abbey.
July 06 1483 Richard III is crowned King of England.
July 06 1484 Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
July 06 1495 First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League.
July 06 1535 Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
July 06 1557 King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
July 06 1560 The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
July 06 1573 Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
July 06 1573 French Wars of Religion: Siege of La Rochelle ends.
July 06 1614 Żejtun and the surrounding villages suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.
July 06 1630 Thirty Years' War: Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
July 06 1685 Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.
July 06 1751 Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
July 06 1777 American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by
British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
July 06 1779 Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
July 06 1801 First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in
the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
July 06 1809 The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
July 06 1854 In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
July 06 1917 World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
July 06 1918 The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
July 06 1937 Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
July 06 1941 The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
July 06 1942 Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
July 06 1944 Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial.
July 06 1947 The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
July 06 1967 Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
July 06 1995 In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.
July 06 1997 The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
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