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On October 6, -105: Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic

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Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic

The Cimbrian or Cimbric War was fought between the Roman Republic and the Germanic and Celtic tribes of the Cimbri and the Teutons, Ambrones and Tigurini, who migrated from the Jutland peninsula into Roman-controlled territory, and clashed with Rome and her allies. The Cimbrian War was the first time since the Second Punic War that Italia and Rome itself had been seriously threatened. It was the first of many confrontations with Germanic tribes in Roman history that would last for centuries.

People

Born on October 6

Bronny James 2004– American basketball player (born 2004)
Hanni 2004– Australian singer (born 2004)
Jonathan Kuminga 2002– Congolese basketball player (born 2002)
Hitomi Honda 2001– Japanese singer and actress (born 2001)
Jazz Jennings 2000– American internet personality (born 2000)
Kyle Pitts 2000– American football player (born 2000)
Addison Rae 2000– American singer and actress (born 2000)
Trevor Lawrence 1999– American football player (born 1999)
Kasper Dolberg 1997– Danish footballer (born 1997)
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Kevin Diks 1996– Indonesian footballer (born 1996)
Jake Guentzel 1994– American ice hockey player (born 1994)
Lee Joo-heon 1994– South Korean rapper (born 1994)
Adam Gemili 1993– British sprinter (born 1993)
Jourdan Miller 1993– American fashion model (born 1993)
Nail Yakupov 1993– Russian ice hockey player (born 1993)
Josh Archibald 1992– American ice hockey player (born 1992)
Taylor Paris 1992– Canada international rugby union player
Scarlett Byrne 1990– English actress (born 1990)

People

Died on October 6

Dave Hobson American politician (1936–2024)
Johan Neeskens Dutch football manager and player (1951–2024)
Eddie Van Halen American rock guitarist (1955–2020)
Johnny Nash American singer (1940–2020)
Ginger Baker English drummer (1939–2019)
Eddie Lumsden Australian rugby league footballer and administrator (1936–2019)
Rip Taylor American actor and comedian (1931–2019)
Scott Wilson American actor (1942–2018)
Montserrat Caballé Spanish operatic soprano (1933–2018)
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Ralphie May American comedian (1972–2017)
David Marks British architect (1952–2017)
Árpád Göncz President of Hungary from 1990 to 2000
Vladimir Shlapentokh Soviet and American academic
Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino Peruvian historian, lawyer, and jurist (born 1923)
Vic Braden American tennis player (1929–2014)
Igor Mitoraj Polish sculptor (1944–2014)
Diane Nyland Canadian actress, director and choreographer
Marian Seldes American actress (1928–2014)

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Every October 6 on record

  1. -105 Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic

    Conflict between Rome and Germanic & Celtic tribes (113–101 BCE)

    The Cimbrian or Cimbric War was fought between the Roman Republic and the Germanic and Celtic tribes of the Cimbri and the Teutons, Ambrones and Tigurini, who migrated from the Jutland peninsula into Roman-controlled territory, and clashed with Rome and her allies. The Cimbrian War was the first time since the Second Punic War that Italia and Rome itself had been seriously threatened. It was the first of many confrontations with Germanic tribes in Roman history that would last for centuries.

  2. -69 Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdues Armenia.

    War between Rome and Mithridates, 73–63 BC

    The Third Mithridatic War, the last and longest of the three Mithridatic Wars, was fought between Mithridates VI of Pontus and the Roman Republic. Both sides were joined by a great number of allies, dragging the entire east of the Mediterranean and large parts of Asia into the war. The conflict ended in defeat for Mithridates; it ended the Pontic Kingdom and the Seleucid Empire, and also resulted in the Kingdom of Armenia becoming an allied client state of Rome.

  3. 23 Rebels decapitate Wang Mang, only Emperor of the Xin Dynasty, after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion.

    Calendar year

    AD 23 (XXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pollio and Vetus. The denomination AD 23 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  4. 404 Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy.

    Calendar year

    Year 404 (CDIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Honorius and Aristaenetus. The denomination 404 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  5. 618 Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi.

    Period in Chinese history from 613 to 628 AD

    The transition from Sui to Tang (613–628), or simply the Sui-Tang transition, was the period of Chinese history between the end of the Sui dynasty and the start of the Tang dynasty. The Sui dynasty's territories were carved into a handful of short-lived states by its officials, generals, and agrarian rebel leaders. A process of elimination and annexation followed that ultimately culminated in the consolidation of the Tang dynasty by the former Sui general Li Yuan.

  6. 1539 Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.
  7. 1600 Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.
  8. 1683 Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.
  9. 1762 Seven Years' War: The British capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.
  10. 1777 American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
  11. 1789 French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.
  12. 1810 A large fire destroys a third of all the buildings in the town of Raahe in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
  13. 1849 The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
  14. 1854 In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
  15. 1884 The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
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  1. 1898 Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
  2. 1903 The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
  3. 1908 The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  4. 1910 Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
  5. 1915 World War I: Combined Austro-Hungarian and German Central Powers, reinforced by the recently joined Bulgaria launched a new offensive against Serbia under command of August von Mackensen.
  6. 1915 World War I: Entente forces land in Thessaloniki, to open the Macedonian front against the Central Powers.
  7. 1920 Ukrainian War of Independence: The Starobilsk agreement is signed by representatives of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Makhnovshchina.
  8. 1923 The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
  9. 1927 Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
  10. 1934 Revolution of 1934: The President of the autonomous government of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, proclaims the Catalan State with the support of the Worker's Alliance.
  11. 1939 World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
  12. 1942 World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
  13. 1943 World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete during the Nazi occupation of Greece.
  14. 1944 World War II: Units of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps enter Czechoslovakia during the Battle of the Dukla Pass.
  15. 1973 Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War.

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