August 6 in History

  1962

Jamaica independent

starts   1957

Crisis over Soviet influence in Syria

  1945

US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima

starts   1916

Sixth Battle of Isonzo

starts   1914

French and British conquer German Togoland

starts   1914

British and French invade Kamerun

starts   1905

Japanese raid Petropavlovsk and Commander Islands

starts   1902

Pro-Brazilian revolt expels Bolivians from Acre

  1874

Bolivia and Chile agree on Atacama border

  1866

Vancouver Island merged with British Columbia

  1849

Peace between Austria & Sardinia

starts   1844

France defeats Morocco in border war

starts   1840

Comanche raid Texas & destroy Linnville

ends   1497

John Cabot explores coast of Newfoundland

  446

British beg for Roman aid against Picts and Scoti*

  407

Hispaniae declares for Constantine III*

starts   406

Romans defeat and kill Radagaisus at Faesulae*

starts   376

Refugees from Huns disrupt tribes along Danube*

starts   276

Probus defeats Florian in Cilicia*

starts   200

Aksum expands territory in Africa*

ends   170

Romans defeated in campaign against Marcomanni*

ends   117

Lukuas’ Jewish uprising in Cyrenaica and Egypt*

  110

Parthia appoints Armenian king without Roman consent*