What is December 6?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === *[[1060]] &ndash; [[Bela I of Hungary]] is crowned [[king]]. *[[1240]] &ndash; [[Mongol Empire]]'s invasion of the Rus': [[Kiev]] under [[Danylo of Halych]] and Voivode [[Dmytro]] falls to the Mongols. *[[1534]] &ndash; The city of [[Quito]] in [[Ecuador]] is founded by Spanish settlers. *[[1745]] &ndash; [[Charles Edward Stuart]]'s [[army]] begins its retreat during the Second [[Jacobite]] Rising, after getting as far south as [[Derby]]. *[[1768]] &ndash; The first edition of the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' is published. *[[1790]] &ndash; The [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] moves from [[New York City]] to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] *[[1849]] &ndash; American [[abolitionist]] [[Harriet Tubman]] escapes from slavery. *[[1865]] &ndash; The [[United States Constitution#Amendments|Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]] is ratified, banning [[slavery]]. *[[1877]] &ndash; The first edition of the [[Washington Post]] is published. *[[1884]] &ndash; The [[Washington Monument]] in [[Washington D.C.]] is completed. *[[1897]] &ndash; [[London]] becomes the world's first city to host [[motor]]ised [[taxi]] cabs. === 1901 &ndash; 1950 === *[[1905]] &ndash; In [[France]], the [[senate]] votes for separation of [[church]] and [[state]]. *[[1907]] &ndash; A [[Coal mining|coal mine]] [[explosion]] at Monongah, [[West Virginia]] kills 362 workers. *[[1916]] &ndash; [[David Lloyd George]] becomes [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. *[[1917]] &ndash; [[Finland]] declares its [[independence]] from [[Russia]]. *[[1917]] &ndash; A [[munition]]s explosion near [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]], kills over 1,900 people. *[[1917]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The USS ''Jacob Jones'' is the first American destroyer to be sunk by [[enemy]] action when it is [[torpedo]]ed by German [[submarine]] ''SM U-53''. *[[1921]] &ndash; The [[Anglo-Irish Treaty]] is signed in [[London]] by [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Ireland|Irish]] representative