39871 | April 6 | Death | 2013 – Bill Guttridge, English footballer and manager (b. 1931) |
39872 | April 6 | Death | 2013 – Bigas Luna, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1946) |
39873 | April 6 | Death | 2013 – Michael Norgrove, Zambian-English boxer (b. 1981) |
39874 | April 6 | Death | 2013 – Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist (b. 1928) |
39875 | April 6 | Death | 2013 – Ottmar Schreiner, German lawyer and politician (b. 1946) |
39876 | April 6 | Death | 2014 – Mary Anderson, American actress (b. 1918) |
39877 | April 6 | Death | 2014 – Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (b. 1926) |
39878 | April 6 | Death | 2014 – Liv Dommersnes, Norwegian actress (b. 1922) |
39879 | April 6 | Death | 2014 – Erzsi Kovács, Hungarian singer (b. 1928) |
39880 | April 6 | Death | 2014 – Mickey Rooney, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1920) |
39881 | April 6 | Death | 2014 – Chuck Stone, American soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1924) |
39882 | April 6 | Death | 2014 – Massimo Tamburini, Italian motorcycle designer, co-founded Bimota (b. 1943) |
39883 | April 6 | Death | 2015 – Giovanni Berlinguer, Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1924) |
39884 | April 6 | Death | 2015 – James Best, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926) |
39885 | April 6 | Death | 2015 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1918) |
39886 | April 6 | Death | 2015 – Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929) |
39887 | April 6 | Death | 2015 – Dave Ulliott, English poker player (b. 1954) |
39888 | April 6 | Death | 2015 – Gertrude Weaver, American super-centenarian (b. 1898) |
39889 | April 6 | Holiday and observance | Birth of Jesus according to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
39890 | April 6 | Holiday and observance | Chakri Day, commemorating the reign of the Chakri Dynasty. (Thailand) |
39891 | April 6 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach (Lutheran Church).BrychanEutychius of Constantinople (Byzantine Church)Marcellinus of CarthagePope Celestine I (Roman Catholic Church)Pope Sixtus IApril 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
39892 | April 6 | Holiday and observance | Tartan Day (United States & Canada) |
39893 | April 7 | Event | 397 – The wearing of barbarian clothing in the City of Rome is banned by the Emperor Honorius. |
39894 | April 7 | Event | 451 – Attila the Hun sacks the town of Metz and attacks other cities in Gaul. |
39895 | April 7 | Event | 529 – First draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I. |
39896 | April 7 | Event | 611 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul sacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico. |
39897 | April 7 | Event | 1141 – Empress Matilda became the first female ruler of England, adopting the title 'Lady of the English'. |
39898 | April 7 | Event | 1348 – Charles University is founded in Prague. |
39899 | April 7 | Event | 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu. |
39900 | April 7 | Event | 1541 – Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies. |