This Day in History
Today: May 6, 2026
1527
Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.[1]
1536
The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.
1541
King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.
1542
Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
1594
The Dutch city of Coevorden held by the Spanish, falls to a Dutch and English force.[2]
1659
English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
1682
Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
1757
Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
1757
The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
1757
English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
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