What happend on 6th April

05.04
07.04
1862

American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh begins

1841

John Tyler is inaugurated as the 10th President of the United States.

1832

Indian Wars: Black Hawk War begins

1830

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is formed by Joseph Smith, Jr. at Fayette, New York.

1808

John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company.

1782

Rama I succeeds King Taksin of Thailand, who was overthrown in a coup d'état.

1652

Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp at the Cape of Good Hope, which will eventually develop into Cape Town.

1327

The poet Petrarch first saw his idealized love Laura in the church of Saint Claire in Avignon.

1320

The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.