Events for December 06

December 6, 1214

King Alexander II crowned at Scone

Alexander II (Medieval Gaelic: Alaxandair mac Uilliam; Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Uilleim; 24 August 1198 – 6 July 1249) was King of Scotland from 1214 until his death.

December 6, 1890

Dion Fortune (Violet Mary Firth) Welsh occultist born

Dion Fortune was born Violet Mary Firth at her family home on Bryn-y-Bia Road in Llandudno, North Wales on 6th December 1890 into a family of Christian Scientists.

December 6, 1820

Spanish General Diego O'Reilly is defeated by Peruvian revolutionaries

Diego O’Reilly, (b. Ireland, c. 1775 – d. high seas, 1821), an Irishman born in Spain, and was a general in the Spanish Army who served in South America during the period of Spanish American War of Independence of Peru.

December 6, 1925

Con Houlihan, journalist, is born in Castleisland, Co. Kerry

Con Houlihan, (6 December 1925 – 4 August 2012) the renowned Irish sports journalist, was born in Castleisland, County Kerry. Cornelius Patrick Houlihan, known as Con Houlihan, was born on December 06, 1925.