WHAT HAPPENED ON 6. SEPTEMBER
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According to the proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started. (Non-standard interpretation) (6. September 3114. BC)

Battle of the Frigidus: The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan usurper Eugenius and his Frankish magister militum Arbogast. (6. September 394)

Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic for the first time. (6. September 1492)

The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world. (6. September 1522)

The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.) (6. September 1620)

Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony. (6. September 1628)

Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen the Catholic Imperial army defeats Protestant armies of Sweden and Germany. (6. September 1634)

The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory. (6. September 1781)

British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements. (6. September 1803)

Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts. (6. September 1847)

American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, which gives the Union control of the mouth of the Tennessee River. (6. September 1861)

American Civil War: Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina. (6. September 1863)

Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807. (6. September 1870)

Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria. The Unification of Bulgaria is accomplished. (6. September 1885)

Charles Turner becomes the first bowler to take 250 wickets in an English season – a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson (twice), J.T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich Freeman (six times). (6. September 1888)

Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. (6. September 1901)

Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup. (6. September 1930)

Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco. (6. September 1937)

World War II: The Battle of Barking Creek. (6. September 1939)

World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany. (6. September 1939)