What is January 6?
{{calendar}} {{day}} Since 2021, the terms '''January 6''', '''January 6th''', and '''1/6''' have been used in the media as a shorthand for the [[2021 United States Capitol riots]], which occurred on that day. == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1066]] &ndash; [[Harold Godwinson]] is crowned [[King of England]]. * [[1118]] &ndash; [[Reconquista]]: [[Alfonso the Battler]] conquers [[Zaragoza]]. * [[1311]] &ndash; [[Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor]] becomes [[King]] of [[Italy]]. * [[1355]] &ndash; [[Charles I of Bohemia]] is crowned [[King]] of [[Italy]] in [[Milan]]. * [[1389]] &ndash; The [[University of Cologne]] is opened, with a celebratory [[church]] service in [[Cologne Cathedral]] on the Feast day of the Three Kings, the city's patron saints. * [[1492]] &ndash; The Catholic [[Monarch]]s [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand]] and [[Isabella of Castile|Isabella]] enter [[Granada]], completing the [[Reconquista]]. * [[1540]] &ndash; King [[Henry VIII of England]] marries [[Anne of Cleves]]. * [[1612]] &ndash; [[Axel Oxenstierna]] becomes Lord High Chancellor of [[Sweden]]. * [[1661]] &ndash; [[English Restoration]]: The Fifth [[Monarch]]ists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of [[London]]. * [[1759]] &ndash; [[George Washington]] marries [[Martha Washington|Martha Dandridge]]. * [[1781]] &ndash; [[Battle of Jersey]]: [[Great Britain]] defeats the last attempt by [[France]] to invade [[Jersey]] in the [[Channel Islands]]. * [[1838]] &ndash; [[Alfred Vail]] demonstrates a [[telegraph]] system using [[dot]]s and [[dash]]es. * [[1839]] &ndash; [[Ireland]] is hit by its most damaging [[storm]] in 300 years. * [[1853]] &ndash; US President–elect [[Franklin Pierce]]'s family are involved in a [[train]] accident in [[Andover, Massachusetts]], killing Pierce's 11–year–old son Benjamin. Pierce and his wife suffer from [[Depression (mood)|depression]] after this incident, and [[Franklin Pierce]] turns to [[alcohol]]ism. * [[1870]] &ndash; [[Vienna]]'s Musikverein is [[Inauguration|inaugurated]]. * [[1893]] &ndash; [