WHAT HAPPENED ON 6. JULY
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The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeated Cleombrotus I, takes place (6. July 371. BC)

Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt). (6. July 640)

The Battle of Ménfő between troops led by Emperor Henry III and Magyar forces led by King Samuel takes place. (6. July 1044)

Richard I "the Lionheart" accedes to the English throne. (6. July 1189)

Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania. (6. July 1253)

Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death. (6. July 1348)

Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor. (6. July 1411)

Jan Hus is burned at the stake. (6. July 1415)

Richard III is crowned King of England. (6. July 1483)

Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River. (6. July 1484)

First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo – Charles VIII defeats the Holy League. (6. July 1495)

Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England. (6. July 1535)

King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again. (6. July 1557)

The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England. (6. July 1560)

Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera. (6. July 1573)

Bohemia is granted freedom of religion. (6. July 1609)

Żejtun and the surrounding villages suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. (6. July 1614)

Thirty Years' War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany. (6. July 1630)

Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia. (6. July 1751)

American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York. (6. July 1777)