About January 6

January 6, 2025 is the 6th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 359 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

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Capricorn is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 23 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On January 6

  • 1066 –
    Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England.
  • 1322 –
    Stephen Uroš III is crowned King of Serbia.
  • 1449 –
    Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine-Roman Emperor at Mystras.
  • 1492 –
    Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic Monarchs conquest Granada completing the Reconquista.
  • 1540 –
    King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
  • 1661 –
    English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England.
  • 1690 –
    Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
  • 1721 –
    The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
  • 1839 –
    The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
  • 1853 –
    President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts.
  • 1900 –
    Second Boer War: Having already sieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
  • 1907 –
    Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
  • 1910 –
    The Great White Fleet passes through the Suez Canal, the largest group of ships to pass through up to that time.
  • 1912 –
    German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
  • 1912 –
    New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.
  • 1930 –
    The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
  • 1941 –
    President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
  • 1947 –
    Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
  • 1950 –
    The United Kingdom recognizes the People’s Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
  • 1953 –
    The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.

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