* 1662 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset ( d. 1748 )

His fellow Knights of the Garter created in 1867 were Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland, Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Franz Joseph I of Austria and Alexander II of Russia.

** John I, 6th Duke of Braganza and 1st Duke of Barcelos ( 1562 ).

* George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough ( 1793 – 1857 ), eldest son of the 5th Duke

* John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough ( 1822 – 1883 ), eldest son of the 6th Duke and paternal grandfather of Winston Churchill

* 1748 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician ( b. 1662 )

* 1852 – George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, Russian nobleman ( d. 1912 )

The original Roman vase has remained in the British Museum ever since 1810, apart from three years ( 1929 – 32 ) when William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland put it up for sale at Christie's where it failed to reach its reserve.

* August 13 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician ( d. 1748 )

* January 17 – James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish peer ( b. 1724 )

* Chatsworth Head acquired by the 6th Duke of Devonshire at Smyrna from H. P. Borrell.

* December 2 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician ( b. 1662 )

* October 7 – Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, 6th son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his wife Maria of Aragon ( d. 1540 )

The long north wing was added by the 6th Duke in the early nineteenth century.

The 6th Duke ( known as ' the Bachelor Duke ') was a passionate traveller, builder, gardener and collector who transformed Chatsworth.

This mansion at 6th & Market Streets served as the presidential mansion of George Washington and John Adams, 1790 – 1800.

* William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, later 6th Duke of Devonshire ( William George Spencer Cavendish ; called " Hart "; 21 May 1790 – 18 January 1858 ), never married.

Olivier ( 1790 ) established Curculio fasciatus for a 6th species from France.

William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire KG, PC ( 21 May 1790 – 18 January 1858 ), styled Marquess of Hartington until 1811, was a British peer, courtier and Whig politician.

* Henry FitzRoy, 5th Duke of Grafton, 6th Earl of Arlington ( 1790 – 1863 )

* Sir Archibald Acheson, 6th Baronet ( 1718 – 1790 ) ( created Viscount Gosford in 1785 )

Sir John Lockhart-Ross, 6th Baronet ( 11 November 1721 – 9 June 1790 ), known as John Lockhart from 1721 to 1760, was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession, Seven Years ' War, and the American War of Independence, and served for a time as a Member of Parliament.

* Sir William Molesworth, 6th Baronet ( 1758 – 1798 ), MP for Cornwall, 1784 – 1790

* Sir Robert Preston, 6th Baronet, British MP for Dover, 1784 – 1790

* Daniell's painting ( c 1805 ), commissioned by Sir Charles Warre Malet Bt., of Peshwa court depicting an event dated 6th August 1790

Congress Hall is a building near the intersection of Chestnut and 6th Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that served as the seat of the United States Congress from December 6, 1790 to May 14, 1800.

* 1952 – Zoran Đinđić, Serbian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia ( d. 2003 )

* 1908 – Arthur Goldberg, American politician and jurist, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations ( d. 1990 )

* 1916 – World War I: The British 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.

* 1926 – Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek politician, 6th President of Greece

* 1913 – Menachem Begin, Israeli politician, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1992 )

* 1924 – Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani politician, 6th President of Pakistan ( d. 1988 )

* 1966 – Vietnam War: the Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phuoc Tuy province.

* 1887 – James Paul Moody, English 6th Officer of the RMS Titanic ( d. 1912 )

* 1952 – Jiří Paroubek, Czech politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

Alcaeus ( Alkaios, ) of Mytilene ( c. 620 – 6th century BC ), Greek lyric poet from Lesbos Island who is credited with inventing the Alcaic verse.

* 1876 – Kim Gu, Korean politician, 6th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea ( d. 1949 )

* 1946 – Demetris Christofias, Greek-Cypriot politician, and 6th President of Cyprus

* 1832 – Black Hawk War: Around three-hundred United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans.

* 1296 – First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scots army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.

(€ 19 million as a group ) However, in 2008 – 09 season saw the decrease of gate and TV income, co-currently with finished 6th in Serie A, which saw Roma made a net loss of € 1, 894, 330.

* 1265 – Second Barons ' War: Battle of Evesham – the army of Prince Edward ( the future king Edward I of England ) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.

* 1222 – Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier ( d. 1262 )

Disruption in the trade of tin for bronze from Western Europe may have contributed to the increasing popularity of brass in the east and by the 6th – 7th centuries AD over 90 % of copper alloy artefacts from Egypt were made of brass.

The earliest parts of the book are possibly chapters 2 – 11, the story of the conquest ; more certain is that this section was then incorporated into an early form of Joshua that was part of then original Deuteronomistic history, written late in the reign of king Josiah ( reigned 640 – 609 BCE ); it seems clear that the book was not completed until after the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in 586, and possibly not until after the return from the Babylonian exile late in the 6th century.

* Chris Cook, A Short History of the Liberal Party, 1900 – 2001 ( 6th edition ).

* Martin Cone, the 6th president of St. Ambrose College from 1930 – 1937

In Game 5 the Cubs took a 3 – 0 lead into the 6th inning, and a 3 – 2 lead into the seventh with Sutcliffe ( who won the Cy Young Award that year ) still on the mound.