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September 6

• 394 - Battle of the Frigidus: The Christian Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan-tolerant usurper Eugenius and his Frankish magister militum Arbogast.
• 1781 - The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting a British minor victory.
• 1861 - American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, which gives the Union control of the mouth of the Tennessee River.
• 1863 - American Civil War: Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
• 1915 - The first prototype tank is tested for the British Army for the first time.
• 1937 - Spanish Civil War: The start of the Battle of El Mazuco.
• 1939 - World War II: The Battle of Barking Creek.