On 6th December, it was the tradition in many villages for a Boy Bishop to be elected, to serve to Christmas Eve.
On 6th December 1567, after being admitted to the Council in the North by the Archbishop of York, Sir John Constable of Halsham and Burton Constable was dismissed after opposition from protestant Sir Henry Gates.
On 6th December 1852, Henry ‘Box’ Brown, escaped US slave and actor, performed a panorama of African and American Slavery at The Music Hall, Hull.
Hull & East Yorkshire History Calendar 