October 6 in History
6 October in History – 1792 years ago
Europe 232: First Roman–Persian War *
In 231 Ardashir I led the Persians into Roman Mesopotamia, prompting Roman emperor Severus... SEE MORE…
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1976
Gang of Four arrested in China
starts
1973
Yom Kippur War
starts
1973
Egypt overruns Israeli forces in Sinai
starts
1973
Syria overruns Israeli forces in Golan Heights
1938
Slovakia granted autonomy within Czechoslovakia
1936
Soviet Union begins supporting Republicans in Spanish Civil War
ends
1921
Khorasan independent of Persia
ends
1914
Japan invades Shandong Peninsula
1908
Austria-Hungary announces the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1908
Crete proclaims union with Greece
ends
1854
McClure expedition searches for Franklin; completes NW Passage by sledge
1848
Revolutionaries gain control in Vienna
ends
1468
Aztec empire expands under Moctezuma I*
ends
417
Romans regain control of Armorica*
ends
404
Augusta Aelia Eudoxia dominates Eastern Roman court
ends
336
Persia conquers Roman client state of Armenia*
starts
329
Romans defeat Alemanni on Upper Rhine*
ends
185
Caledonian invasion of Roman Britain defeated*
110
Bithynia and Pontus created*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 6 October for purposes of Omniatlas
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