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Edition No. 93 · GlobalEst. 2026
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This Day in History

This Day in History: September 6

Test your knowledge of world history with these five questions highlighting landmark events that took place on September 6 across the centuries.

Date: 2026-09-06

1. On September 6, 394, Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeated the usurper Eugenius in which decisive clash that marked the final major military encounter over imperial unity and traditional Roman religious practices?

2. On September 6, 1522, which surviving vessel arrived in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain, completing the first recorded circumnavigation of the Earth under the command of Juan Sebastián Elcano?

3. On September 6, 1620, a group of English Separatists known as the Pilgrims sailed from Plymouth, England, bound for North America aboard which ship?

4. On September 6, 1870, in the town of Laramie, Wyoming, who became the first woman in the United States to cast a legal vote in a general election following the passage of an equal suffrage law?

5. On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley was fatally shot by Leon Czolgosz while attending which major public event in Buffalo, New York?