On This Day, 6 March

6 March AD 2019

21 February AM 7527

12th Indiction

prid. Non. Mart. MMDCCLXXII A.U.C.

Feast of Our Lady of Nazareth, 

Pierre Noire, Portugal (1150) Feast of St Chrodegang, Bishop of Metz Feast of Ss Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba Feast of St Colette

• 766 – St Chrodegang, Frankish Bishop, died
• 1204 – The Siege of Château Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England, who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus.
• 1340 – John of Gaunt born (d. 1399)
• 1405 – John II of Castile born (d. 1454)
• 1475 – Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor born (d. 1564)
• 1617 - Louis Hébert signs agreement to become the first colonist of New France; he is a farmer and apothecary, and will provide herbal medicines to the inhabitants. Québec, Québec
• 1645 - Founding of la Compagnie des Habitants to replace the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (Company of New France); gets trade and colonisation rights to New France, on condition of assuming all the administrative, military, and religious charges of the colony of New France in the future, as well as the yearly transportation of 20 colonists, and an annual payment of one thousand beaver skins. Paris, France
• 1788 – The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
• 1823 – Charles I of Württemberg born (d. 1891)
• 1882 – The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
• 1899 - Aspirin is patented following Felix Hoffman's discoveries about the properties of acetylsalicylic acid.
• 1919 - Montreal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators in 3 games for the NHL Championship; Montreal will move on the play the western champion Seattle Millionaires, but the Spanish Flu outbreak leads to cancellation of the series. Montreal, Quebec
• 1940 - World War II - RCN ships HMCS Chaudiere, HMCS Gatineau, HMCS St. Catherines, HMCS Chilliwack, and HMCS Fennel, assisted by HMS Icarus and HMS Kenilworth Castle, attack and force German submarine U-744 to the surface after over thirty hours of constant hunting in the North Atlantic; the vessel is sunk.
• 1964 – Constantine II becomes King of Greece.
• 1967 - Stalin's daughter defects to the West. Svetlana Alliluyeva, caused an international uproar when she approached the United States embassy in New Delhi and later became a naturalised U.S. citizen.
• 1997 - Students at Nakina Public School, 100 km east of Lake Nipigon, exchange email with Queen Elizabeth, as she launches her official royal website from Buckingham Palace. Nakina, Ontario