2015 Event Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria as the U.K.'s longest-reigning royal with 63 years on the throne; Elizabeth II was installed on the throne at age 25 in 1952 after the sudden death of her father, George VI 2014 Event Pope Francis beatifies Pope Paul VI, who was known for changes in the Catholic Church that came out of Vatican II 2014 Event Prince Felipe of Spain is coronated as King Felipe VI, following his father's abdication over two weeks ago; the simple ceremony sought to avoid displays of extravagance in a nation suffering high unemployment and growing disinterest in the monarchy 2013 Event The German racing horse, Novellist, wins the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes 1990 Event Wrestlemania VI, 67,678 in Toronto, Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan 1978 Event Funeral of Pope Paul VI 1978 Event Thousands of mourners file past body of Pope Paul VI 1978 Death Paul VI, Giovanni Montini, Italian Pope (1963-78), dies at 80 1978 Death Pope Paul VI, Italian Pope 1977 Event Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st U.S. male saint 1977 Birthday Angela Goethals, actress, VI Warshawski, Heartbreak Hotel 1975 Event Pope Paul VI named J Willebrands archbishop of Utrecht 1975 Event Pope Paul VI declares Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton 1st U.S. saint 1974 Event Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary" 1973 Event In audience with Italian cyclists, Pope Paul VI praises athletes who "offer the magnificent show of a healthy, strong, generous youth" 1973 Event Pope Paul VI publishes constitution motu proprio Quo aptius 1973 Event Pope Paul VI has an audience with Golda Meir at Vatican 1972 Event Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB 1970 Event Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest 1969 Event Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Sacra Ritum Congregation 1969 Event Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal 1968 Event 1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota) 1968 Event Pope Paul VI opens Eucharistic congress in Bogota 1968 Event Pope Paul VI, in an encyclical entitled "Humanae Vitae" (Of Human Life), declares any artificial forms of birth control prohibited 1968 Event Pope Paul VI encyclical against On regulation of birth 1967 Event Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Regimini Ecclesiae Universae 1967 Event Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Pro comperto sane 1967 Event Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals 1967 Event Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Sacerdotalis coelibatus 1967 Event Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II 1967 Event Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Populorum progressio 1965 Event Pope Paul VI signs 2nd Vatican council 1965 Event Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054 1965 Event Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion 1965 Event Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN) 1965 Event Pope Paul VI named MR Perey bishop's helper of New Orleans 1965 Event Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Mysterium Fidei 1965 Event Beatles' "Beatles' "VI," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks 1965 Event Beatles release album "Beatles VI" 1964 Event Pope Paul VI signs 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council 1964 Event Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor 1964 Event Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Ecclesiam Suam 1964 Birthday Richard Dunwoody, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, British jockey in National Hunt Racing, won King George VI Chase four times on the famous grey Desert Orchid in 1989 and 1990 1964 Event Pope Paul VI visits Jordan and Israel 1963 Event Pope Paul VI closes 2nd session of 2nd Vatican Council 1963 Event Cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of RC Church 1963 Event Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII 1961 Event WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around Earth 1956 Birthday Kim Cattrall, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Mannequin, Star Trek VI 1952 Event England replaces King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II 1952 Death George VI, King of Britain (1936-52), dies at 56 1952 Death King George VI, British Royalty 1948 Event King George VI opens 14th modern Olympic games in London 1947 Event King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill 1945 Death Gudmundur Jonsson Kamban, Icelandic writer (Vi mordere), dies at 56 1944 Event King George VI promotes Montgomery to field marshal 1944 Event Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill and George VI discuss D-Day plan 1943 Death Abd al-Azir al-Hasan VI, sultan of Morocco (1894-1907), dies at 62 1942 Event King George VI awards George Cross to Island of Malta 1942 Event George VI awards George Cross to people of Malta 1941 Birthday David Warner, born in Manchester, New Hampshire, actor, Star Trek VI, Time Bandits 1939 Event British king George VI visits U.S. 1939 Event 1st king and queen of England to visit U.S., George VI and Elizabeth 1937 Event George VI crowned King of England 1936 Event King Edward VIII marries Mrs. Wallis Simpson; abdicates throne Duke of York becomes King George VI 1936 Event England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI 1926 Death Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies 1926 Death Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies 1925 Event Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople 1923 Event English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 1922 Event Turkish sultan Mehmed VI flees to Malta on British warship 1922 Event Turkish kalief/sultan Mehmed VI asks British army for help 1900 Birthday Elizabeth, Queen Mother Of England, King George VI's wife 1900 Event Henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer," premieres in Stuttgart 1897 Birthday Pope Paul VI, Giovanni Montini, 262nd Roman Catholic pope, 1963-78 1895 Birthday George VI, king of England, 1936-52 1895 Birthday King George VI, British Royalty 1894 Birthday Clemens VI Trefois, Flemish architect/sociologist 1861 Birthday Mehmed VI, last sultan of Ottoman Empire, 1918-22 1861 Birthday Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey, 1918-22 1839 Death Frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71 1826 Death Johan VI M L J, King of Portugal, 1816 - 1826, dies at 56 1822 Event Pedro I, son of king Joao VI, declares Brazil independence 1799 Death Pius VI, Giovanni A Braschi, Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 71 1775 Event Pope Pius VI encyclical on the problems of the pontificate 1775 Event Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI 1769 Birthday Joao VI M L J, King of Portugal, 1816-26 1768 Birthday Frederick VI, Danish king, 1808-39, ; lost Norway to Sweden, 1814 1764 Death Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23 1759 Death Ferdinand VI, the wise, king of Spain, dies at 46 1753 Event Ferdinand VI of Spain and Pope Benedictus XIV sign concord 1746 Death Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies 1740 Event Ivan VI becomes czar of Russia 1740 Death Karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies 1740 Event Ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia 1740 Birthday Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41 1739 Event French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty 1738 Event France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey 1735 Event France and Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord 1733 Event France declares war on emperor Charles VI 1731 Event Treaty of Vienna: Emperor Charles VI of England and Netherlands 1730 Event Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark 1728 Event Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin 1726 Event Emperor Karel VI and tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty 1725 Event Emperor Charles VI and King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna 1724 Event Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Austria / Netherlands 1723 Event Emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctie declares Constitution 1722 Event Hungarian Parliament condemns emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctions 1718 Event Emperor Karel VI, Turkey and Venice sign peace treaty 1717 Birthday Pius VI, Giovanni A Braschi, Italy, Pope, 1775 - 1799 1716 Event Hungarian Emperor Karel VI's troops occupy Temesvar 1716 Event England and Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty 1714 Event Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine 1714 Event Peace of Rastatt - French emperor Charles VI of Habsburg 1713 Event Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions 1712 Birthday Ferdinand VI, the wise, King of Spain, 1746-59 1712 Event Emperor Karel VI crowned king of Hungary 1711 Event Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor 1711 Event Charles VI Habsburg becomes king of Austria 1699 Birthday Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway 1690 Birthday Ernst J earl van Biron, Russian duke of Koerland/regent of Ivan VI 1685 Birthday Charles VI, German emperor/king of Spain, 1711-40 1683 Death Afonso VI, mentally ill king of Portugal (1656-67), dies at 40 1667 Event King Afonso VI of Portugal flees 1643 Birthday Afonso VI, king of Portugal, 1656-67, mentally ill 1625 Death James I (VI), king of England (1603-25)/poet/author, dies at 58 1603 Event Scottish king James VI becomes King James I of England 1600 Death John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies 1581 Event James VI signs 2nd Confession of Faith in Scotland 1567 Event Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate and 1-year-old James VI becomes King of Scotland 1566 Birthday James I Stuart, king of Scotland, James VI, England, 1567/1603-25 1563 Event Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI 1553 Death Edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15 1553 Event King Edward VI accept archbishop Cranmers "42 Articles" 1547 Event English demand Edward VI, 10, wed Mary Queen of Scots, 5 1547 Event King Edward VI of England was enthroned following death of Henry VIII 1547 Event 9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England 1537 Birthday Edward VI, Tudor, King of England, 1547-53 1523 Death Adrian VI, Adriaan F Bieyens, only Dutch Pope (1522-23), dies at 64 1522 Event Battle at Bicacca: Charles I and Pope Adrianus VI beat France 1522 Event Adriaan F Boeyens elected only Dutch pope (Adrian VI) 1517 Event Inquisitor Adrian Boeyens (pope Adrianus VI) becomes cardinal 1510 Birthday Francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint 1503 Death Alexander VI, Rodrigo de Borja, Spanish Pope (1492-1503), dies 1502 Event Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino 1500 Event Pope Alexander VI accept Treaty of Granada 1497 Event Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola 1495 Event Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella and Venice sign anti-French Saint League 1493 Event Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain and Portugal 1492 Event Rodrigo de Borja becomes Pope Alexander VI 1487 Event Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin 1482 Death Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies 1480 Birthday Lucretia Borgia, murderess, poison, daughter, Pope Alexander VI 1471 Death Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies 1471 Event King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI 1463 Death Albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies 1462 Event Arch duke Albrecht VI van Habsburg occupies Vienna 1461 Event Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses 1460 Event Wars of Roses: Richard of York defeats King Henry VI at Northampton 1459 Birthday Adrian VI, Adriaan F Boeyens, born in Netherlands, Pope, 1522-23 1455 Event Richard of York takes St. Albans, kidnapping King Henry VI 1450 Death Jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI 1450 Event Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI 1441 Event Eton College founded by Henry VI 1431 Event King Henry VI of England crowned king of France 1431 Birthday Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope, 1492 - 1503 1425 Event Duke John VI van Brabant pledges Holland/Zealand to Philip the Good 1422 Death Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54 1421 Birthday Henry VI, king of England, 1422-61, 1470-71 1420 Event Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina 1420 Event Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English 1394 Event Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI 1394 Event Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI 1389 Event French king Charles VI visits pope Clemens VII 1389 Death Urbanus VI, Bartolomeo Prignano, Italian pope (1378-89), dies 1383 Death Amadeus VI, count of Savoy, dies 1383 Death Amadeus VI, (Green Earl), earl of Savoy, dies at 49 1380 Event French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever 1380 Event King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12 1378 Event Cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil) 1378 Event Bartolomeo Prignano elected as Pope Urban VI 1368 Birthday Charles VI, the Well-Beloved, king of France, 1380-1422 1368 Birthday Charles VI, King of France, 1380-1422 1362 Death Innocent VI, Etienne Aubert, Pope (1352-62), dies 1352 Event Etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI 1352 Death Clement VI, Pierre Roger, Pope (1342-52), dies 1350 Death Philips VI, of Valois, King of France (1328-50), dies 1350 Death Philip VI, king of France, dies 1347 Event Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics 1346 Event Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy 1342 Event Pope Clemens VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht 1334 Birthday Amadeus VI, Green Earl, earl of Savoye 1328 Event King Philip VI of France, crowned 1328 Event French king Philip VI Valois crowned 1321 Death Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies 1319 Death Erik VI Menved, king of Denmark (1286-1319), dies 1288 Death Hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle 1280 Death Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42 1238 Birthday Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway, 1263-80 1202 Death Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39 1197 Death Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, Roman Catholic German King (1169-97), dies 1194 Event Richard I Lion Hearted pays Leopold O Fenrik VI's ransom of 100,000 1157 Death Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies 1137 Death Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) 1132 Death Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered 1121 Event Dirk VI becomes count of Holland 1109 Death Alfonso VI, (imperator totius Hispaniae), king of Leon, dies 1108 Event Louis VI, "the Fat One," King of France, crowned 1086 Event Battle of Zalaka: Alfonso VI vs Almoravids 1085 Event King Alfonso VI of Castily/Leon occupy Toledo on Moren 1085 Death King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies 1072 Death Sancho II, king of Castilie/bro of Alfonso VI, murdered at about 35 1070 Death Boudouin VI, count of Flanders/Henegouwen, dies 1067 Event Boudouin VI becomes earl of Flanders 1046 Event Pope Clemens VI crowns Henry III RC-German emperor 1046 Event Synod of Sutri: German king Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI, 983 Death Benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies 973 Event Pope Benedictus VI elected 912 Death Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 891 Death Stephen V, VI, Italian Pope (885-91), dies 866 Birthday Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor, 886-912, writer, Problematica 705 Event Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI 705 Death John VI, Catholic Pope (701-05), dies 701 Event John VI of Greece begins his reign as Catholic Pope
