Chronicles, including the Mahawansa, the Dipavamsa, the Culavamsa and the Rajaveliya, record events from the beginnings of the Sinhalese monarchy in the 6th century BC ; through the arrival of European Colonialists in the 16th century ; and to the disestablishment of the monarchy in 1815.

Bucharest is the 6th largest city in the European Union by population within city limits.

Pedro Lamy scored his one and only point in Formula 1 with a 6th place in the 1995 Australian Grand Prix ; this result was followed by a long barren spell until Marc Gené finished 6th in the 1999 European Grand Prix.

In the Græco – Roman world of 5th-century European Classical antiquity, the city-state of Sparta was the hegemon of the Peloponnesian League ( 6th – 4th centuries BC ) and King Philip II of Macedon was the hegemon of the League of Corinth in 337 BC ( a kingship he willed to his son, Alexander the Great ).

At present, the University is implementing 21 programmes with external financing from the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development ( FONDECYT ), the Fund for the Development of Art and Culture ( FONDART ), the Bicentennial Programme of the National Council for Science and Technology ( CONACYT ), the Ministry of Planning and Cooperation ( MIDEPLAN ), the Ministry of Education ( MINEDUC ), the United Nations Development Programme and the National Council for Narcotics Control ( UNDP-CONACE ), and the European Commission ’ s 6th Marco Programme, in the fields of Education, Psychology, Health, Law, Social Sciences, Humanities and Engineering.

Carrefour is the world's second largest retail group in terms of revenue ; EADS is the world's second largest aerospacial company ; Total is the world's fourth largest private oil company ; Danone is the world's fifth largest food company and the world's largest supplier of mineral water ; Sanofi Aventis is the world's fifth largest pharmaceutical company ; Publicis is the world's third largest advertising company ; PSA is the world's 6th and Europe's 2nd largest automaker ; Renault-Nissan is the world's leading electric car developer among major automakers ; Accor is the leading European hotel group ; Alstom is one of the world's leading conglomerates in power generation and transport ; Pernod Ricard is one of the world's biggest producer of distilled beverages ( owning the former Seagram distilleries ).

Prior to the establishment of universities, European higher education took place for hundreds of years in Christian cathedral schools or monastic schools ( Scholae monasticae ), in which monks and nuns taught classes ; evidence of these immediate forerunners of the later university at many places dates back to the 6th century AD.

Written in the 6th century BCE, the 13-chapter book is intended as military instruction and not as military theory, but has had a huge influence on Asian military doctrine, and from the late 19th century, on European and United States military planning.

Further south along European route E6 is the Bardufoss region, which encompasses the local communities Andselv and Heggelia, the latter including the Norwegian army's 6th division.

* December – 6th European SC Championships held at Riesa, Germany

This was AC Milan's 6th European Cup.

On 20 May 1998 the House of Commons voted to ratify the 6th Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibiting capital punishment except " in time of war or imminent threat of war.

When monastic libraries and scriptoria arose in the early 6th century ( the first European monastic writing dates from 517 ), they defined European literary culture and selectively preserved the literary history of the West.

In regards to the natural sciences, the University of Freiburg ranked 6th in Europe and 2nd in Germany in a ranking of the European Commission of the universities according to their overall impact on scientific research.

While in theater, Military Sealift Command's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force and Special Mission ships report to CTF-63 along with cargo planes that support 6th Fleet and U. S. European Command logistics missions.

Although existent only in fragments, the geographer Stephanus of Byzantium wrote a geographical dictionary in the 6th century which influenced later European compilers of gazetteers by the 16th century.

In the 6th European Parliament, 23 right wing NIs briefly formed the Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty group at the start of 2007, but it collapsed on 14 November 2007 due to internal disagreements.

In 2008 – 09, PSG regained fitness and struggled for the title the most part of the season, but finished 6th and out of European action.

After getting eliminated from European contention in the round of 16 and losing the Italian Cup final ( 83-85 ) to Carpisa Napoli, Virtus finished the season in 6th place with a 22-12 record in the national league.

The Vinča symbols, sometimes called the Vinča signs, Vinča script, Vinča-Turdaş script, Old European script, etc, are a set of symbols found on Neolithic era ( 6th to 5th millennia BCE ) artifacts from the Vinča culture of southeastern Europe.

6th European Tour: Spring, 1957.

The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Central European culture from the 8th to 6th centuries BC ( European Early Iron Age ), developing out of the Urnfield culture of the 12th century BC ( Late Bronze Age ) and followed in much of Central Europe by the La Tène culture.

These rules are part of the Eddie Eagle program developed by the National Rifle Association for preschoolers through 6th graders.

* January 7 – Brunei becomes the 6th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ).

According to the Horseplayers Association of North America ( HANA ), Ellis Park ranked 6th of 65 Thoroughbred racetracks, behind Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, as the best wagering opportunity among racing tracks in North America.

According to the Association of Theological Schools, Gordon-Conwell ranks 6th in terms of total number of full-time students enrolled in seminaries in North America, following ( from highest to lowest ) Fuller Theological Seminary, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Dallas Theological Seminary.

The elementary school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and serves pre-kindergarten to 6th graders.

" Reprinted from the Transactions of the 6th Congress of the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine.

1, 6th Edition, Indiana Limestone Quarrymen's Association, Bedford, Indiana.

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association ( 6th ed .).

The IMRAD structure is also recommended for empirical studies in the 6th edition of the publication manual of the American Psychological Association ( APA style ).

For the 2005-2006 season, the Division I ice hockey team was ranked 6th nationally in the ACHA ( American Collegiate Hockey Association ).

Weber State's Baseball team is also a nationally ranked team, finishing 6th overall in the 2010 NCBA ( National Club Baseball Association ) World Series, and was ranked in the top 5 teams for the entire year.

On August 6th, 2011 the Bayview Association members voted on a proposal that would remove the Christian affiliation requirement.

The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997.

They also competed in the 2008 MidStates Band Association Finals and received 6th place overall.

* Attended 6th Congress of the International Association of Supreme Administrative Jurisdiction held at Lisbon, Portugal

* 6th Annual Conference of the North American Association for Celtic Language Teachers, The Information Age, Celtic Languages and the New Millennium Includes a brief overview of Breton history and dialects

Formed on 6th May 1912, they play in the Western Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association.

In the year of 2011 they took up WBA ( Western Band Association ) for the first time, where they came in First Place in the 4A Division placing them 6th place in WBA.

CDO is also ranked 6th in Arizona for the most all-time state championships in 4A & 5A ( large school ) team sports as of 2006 ( Arizona Interscholastic Association ).

After a stellar junior hockey career for the Ottawa 67's in the Ontario Hockey Association, Wilson was drafted in the first round, 6th overall, in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft.

Also presented a paper on “ Judicial Creativity in Action ” in Dublin, Ireland in 6th Biennial Conference of International Association of Women Judges in May 2002.

* J. Michael Adams — 6th President of Fairleigh Dickinson University 1999 – present ; 8th President, International Association of University Presidents ; Dean, Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design 1986-1999