History of 6th JULY

1.  Jan Hus, a Czech who spoke out against Church corruption, is burned at the stake as a heretic.on July 6 1415

2.  Charles of Spain is elected Holy Roman emperor in Barcelona.on July 6 1519

3.  Sir Thomas More is beheaded in England for refusing to swear allegiance to King Henry VIII as head of the Church.on July 6 1535

4.  Jacques Cartier returns to France after discovering the St. Lawrence River in Canada.on July 6 1536

5.  James II defeats James, the Duke of Monmouth, at the Battle of Sedgemoor, the last major battle to be fought on English soil.on July 6 1685

6.  The entire Ottoman fleet is destroyed by the Russians at the battle of Chesma.on July 6 1770

7.  10,000 troops are called out in Paris as unrest mounts in the poorer districts over poverty and lack of food.on July 6 1788

8.  French General Thomas Bugeaud defeats Abd al-Kader’s forces beside the Sikkak River in Algeria.on July 6 1836

9.  John Marshall, the third chief justice of the Supreme Court, dies at the age of 79. Two days later, while tolling in his honor in Philadelphia, the Liberty Bell cracks.on July 6 1835

10. The Republican Party is officially organized in Jackson, Michigan.on July 6 1854

11. Louis Pasteur gives the first successful anti-rabies inoculation.1885

12. Lieutenant Jackie Robinson of the U.S. Army, while riding a civilian bus from Camp Hoo, Texas, refuses to give up his seat to a white man.on July 6 1944

13. B-29 Superfortress bombers attack Honshu, Japan, using new fire-bombing techniques.on July 6 1945

14. Operation Overcast begins in Europe–moving Austrian and German scientists and their equipment to the United States.on July 6 1945

15. President Ronald Reagan agrees to contribute U.S. troops to the peacekeeping unit in Beirut.on July 6 1982