Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 6
April 6: Good Friday in Christianity (2007); Tartan Day
- 1652 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck (pictured) established the first permanent European settlement in sub-Saharan Africa on what eventually became known as Cape Town.
- 1782 - Rama I succeeded King Taksin of Thailand, founding the Chakri Dynasty.
- 1830 - Joseph Smith, Jr., Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and others formally organized the Church of Christ, starting the Latter Day Saint movement.
- 1896 - The first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens.