As early as the 6th century B.C. the earth was seen to be spherical.

At Eretria the identity of an excavated 7th and 6th century temple to Apollo Daphnephoros, " Apollo, laurel-bearer ", or " carrying off Daphne ", a " place where the citizens are to take the oath ", is identified in inscriptions.

In the 6th century BC the kingdom of Lydia almost expanded to the whole of Asia Minor, until it became a satrapy of the Persian Empire.

Later during the 6th century BC, most of Anatolia was conquered by the Persian Achaemenid Empire, the Persians having usurped the Medes as the dominant dynasty in Iran.

Also, in the 6th century BC, the Indo-European Armenians founded the Orontid Dynasty in Urartu.

In India, the Ājīvika, Jain, and Cārvāka schools of atomism may date back to the 6th century BCE.

In general, the alphabets of the Mediterranean region ( Anatolia, Greece, Italy ) are classified as Phoenician-derived, adapted from around the 8th century BCE, while those of the East ( the Levant, Persia, Central Asia and India ) are considered Aramaic-derived, adapted from around the 6th century BCE from the Imperial Aramaic script of the Achaemenid Empire.

By the 6th century BC, the Celtic La Tène culture was well established.

The first case recorded of the partial exemption of an abbot from episcopal control is that of Faustus, abbot of Lerins, at the council of Arles, AD 456 ; but the exorbitant claims and exactions of bishops, to which this repugnance to episcopal control is to be traced, far more than to the arrogance of abbots, rendered it increasingly frequent, and, in the 6th century, the practice of exempting religious houses partly or altogether from episcopal control, and making them responsible to the pope alone, received an impulse from Pope Gregory the Great.

* Pherecydes of Syros ( 6th century BC )

The earliest records of the study of this phenomenon are attributed to the philosopher Pythagoras in the 6th century BC.

In the 6th century BC, the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras wanted to know why some musical intervals seemed more beautiful than others, and he found answers in terms of numerical ratios representing the harmonic overtone series on a string.

Rebuilt by the emperor Justin I after an earthquake in the 6th century, it became Justinopolis ( 525 ); but the old native name persisted, and when Thoros I, king of Lesser Armenia, made it his capital early in the 12th century, it was known as Anazarva.

Area settled by the Alemanni, and sites of Roman-Alamannic battles, 3rd to 6th century

Thus 6th century Gallo-Romans of Gregory's class, surrounded by the ruins of Roman temples and public buildings, attributed the destruction they saw to the plundering raids of the Alemanni.

The gold bracteate of Pliezhausen ( 6th or 7th century ) shows typical iconography of the pagan period.

We know that in the 6th century, the Alemanni were predominantly pagan, and in the 8th century, they were predominantly Christian.

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

By the 6th century Alexander's commentaries on Aristotle were considered so useful that he was referred to as " the commentator " ().

Anacharsis (; ) was a Scythian philosopher who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BC and made a great impression as a forthright, outspoken " barbarian ", apparently a forerunner of the Cynics, though none of his works have survived.

Dr. Alastair Northedge, a British archaeologist who wrote a book about findings in ' Anah, wrote that the minaret is ' commonly attributed to the Uqaylid ( dynasty ) and the 5th / 11th century ( AH / AD ), though ... more probably of the 6th / 12th century.

The above order, is the tuning from the 1st string ( highest-pitched string e '— spatially the bottom string in playing position ) to the 6th string ( lowest-pitched string E — spatially the upper string in playing position, and hence comfortable to pluck with the thumb.

* Knight of Kerry or Green Knight ( FitzGerald of Kerry ) — the current holder is Sir Adrian FitzGerald, 6th Baronet of Valencia, 24th Knight of Kerry.

The 1st SS Panzer Division — spearhead of the 6th Panzer Army — never got more than halfway to the Meuse River.

Legislator Dennis F. Virtuoso ( 6th District — City of Niagara Falls )

* 6th century BC — The Babylonian world map shows the earth surrounded by the cosmic ocean, with seven islands arranged around it so as to form a seven-pointed star.

The concept of Hritshoola — literally heart pain — was known to Sushruta ( 6th century BCE ).

The synthetic culture with Hellenistic Thracian, Roman, as well as eastern — Armenian, Syrian, Persian — traits that developed around Odessus in the 6th century under Justinian I, may have influenced the Pliska-Preslav culture of the First Bulgarian Empire, ostensibly in architecture and plastic decorative arts, but possibly also in literature, including Cyrillic scholarship.

* Two Rivers Elementary School — Serves students in Kindergarten through 6th grade.

* Two Rivers Elementary School — Serves students in Kindergarten through 6th grade.

Scholars such as Christopher Snyder believe that during the 5th and 6th centuries — approximately from 410 AD when Roman legions withdrew, to 597 AD when St. Augustine of Canterbury arrived — southern Britain preserved a sub-Roman society that was able to survive the attacks from the Anglo-Saxons and even use a vernacular Latin for an active culture.

* John Hall Buchanan, Jr. — Representative of Alabama's 6th Congressional District, U. S. House of Representatives 1965-1981, Member of the United States delegation to the United Nations 1973 and 1984, Member of the United States delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Committee 1978-1980

* 6th Division — headquartered at York

" The fifth scream was used for the soldier in the alligator scene — but the 4th, 5th, and 6th screams recorded in the session were also used earlier in the film — when three Indians are shot during a raid on a fort.

The remainder of the division — the 131st Infantry Brigade with the 1st Royal Tank Regiment ( 1RTR ) and the 1 / 5th and 1 / 6th battalions Queen's Royal Regiment ( West Surrey )— was to position itself in the Livry area to hold a " firm base ", keeping the Brigade group's line of communication secure.

* 24 September — Battling Siki captures the World Light Heavyweight Championship when he knocks out Georges Carpentier in the 6th round in Paris.

Investigations of corruption and social problems had already been introduced into the newspapers of the late 19th century by publishers and journalists during the eras of " personal journalism " — a term historians Emery and Emery used in The Press and America ( 6th ed.

* 11 June — Oxford wins the 6th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

The typically Rhenish-Hessian placename ending — heim might well go back to Frankish times, that is to say, likely as far back as the 5th or 6th century.

For example, a British politician is correctly named Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington — the family name has only one " r ", the peerage title two.

* 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.

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

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

* Alastair Ninian John Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair ( 1920 – 2002 )

* 1680 – John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor ( d. 1737 )

* John Ford House ( 1827 – 1904 ), American legislator who, from 1875 to 1883, served as Democratic representative for Tennessee's 6th congressional district

* 1767 – John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States ( d. 1848 )

* Phllby has a key role in Mike Ripley's short story " Gold Sword " published in ' John Creasey's Crime Collection 1990 ' which was chosen as BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Story to mark the 50th anniversary of D-Day on 6th June 1994.

In the Middle Ages, Aristotle's theories were criticized and modified by a number of figures, beginning with John Philoponus in the 6th century.

In his Comment on the Gospel of Matthew, which stems from a 6th century Latin translation, it is written: " In this place Jesus said Elijah was come and referred to John the Baptist it does not appear to me that by Elijah the soul is spoken of, lest I fall into the doctrine of transmigration, which is foreign to the Church of God, and not handed down by the apostles, nor anywhere set forth in the scriptures " ( ibid., 13: 1: 46 – 53 ).

* A double palimpsest, in which a text of St John Chrysostom, in Syriac, of the ninth or 10th century, covers a Latin grammatical treatise in a cursive hand of the 6th century, which in its turn covers the Latin annals of the historian Granius Licinianus, of the 5th century, British Museum.

The early tradition that expanded upon the Martyrdom to link Polycarp in competition and contrast with John the Apostle who, though many people had tried to kill him, was not martyred but died of old age after being exiled to the island of Patmos, is embodied in the Coptic language fragmentary papyri ( the " Harris fragments ") dating to the 3rd to 6th centuries.

Urgent letters were sent ordering Bruce to support Edward's commander, John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey ( to whom Bruce was related ) in the summer of 1297 ; but instead of complying, Bruce continued to support the revolt against Edward.

John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey's professional army of 3, 000 cavalry and 8, 000 to 10, 000 infantry met disaster as they crossed over to the north side of the river.

* March 31 – John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, British Field Marshal ( b. 1886 )

* February 23 – John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States ( b. 1767 )

* February 14 – John A. McCone, American politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence ( b. 1902 )

** Sir John Carden, 6th Baronet, English tank and vehicle designer ( d. 1935 )

* February 14 – John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor ( d. 1737 )

* December 10 – Sir John Carden, 6th Baronet, English tank and vehicle designer ( b. 1892 )

* July 11 – John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States ( d. 1848 )

* September 27 – John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor ( b. 1680 )

* June 3 – Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, Prime Minister of Naples ( d. 1811 )

* John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel ( d. 1267 )