Historical Events In June - 06

0840  On June - 06 agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies   

1002  German king Henry II the Saint crowned on this day in history.   

1134  Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51 on this day in history.   

1242  On this day in history 24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris   

1391  Inhabitants of Seville Spain massacres 5,000 Jews on this day in history.   

1436  On this day in history regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables   

1480  On this day in history vecchietta, Italian artist and architect   

1513  On June - 06 battle at Novara: Habsburgers vs Valois   

1520  France & England sign treaty of Scotland on June - 06.   

1523  Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day) on this day in history.   

1536  Mexico begins it's inquisition on this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)   

1622  Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d.1857) on June - 06.   

1625  On this day in history domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor   

1639  Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill on June - 06.   

1654  Queen Christina of Sweden resigns & converts to Catholicism on this day in history.   

1660  On June - 06 denmark & Sweden signs peace treaty   

1661  On this day in history giacomo Antonio Perti, composer   

1664  On this day in history new Amsterdam renamed NYC   

1665  Battle at Monte Carlo: English & Portuguese army beat Spain on this day in history.   

1671  On this day in history stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader   

1671  Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed on this day in history.   

1673  France & Brandenburg sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

1676  On June - 06 georg Reidel, composer   

1683  On June - 06 the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.   

1686  Joannes B van Neercassel, RC spiritual leader of Neth, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1695  Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen Neth-Indies (1737-41)/killed 8,000 Chinese on June - 06.   

1710  On this day in history francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of king Louis XIV, dies at 65   

1716  On June - 06 1st slaves arrive in Louisiana   

1722  Adrien Trudo Sale, composer on June - 06.   

1735  Anton Schweitzer, composer on this day in history.   

1735  On this day in history georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71   

1740  Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony on this day in history.   

1744  France & Prussia sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

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1236  Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283) was born on June - 06.   

1436  On June - 06 birth of regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables   

1502  King John III of Portugal (d. 1557) was born on June - 06.   

1519  Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603) was born on June - 06.   

1576  Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1580  Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667) was born on June - 06.   

1599  On this day in history birth of diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)   

1606  On June - 06 birth of pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)   

0840  Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies on this day in history.   

1134  On June - 06 norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51   

1393  On June - 06 death of emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359)   

1480  On June - 06 death of vecchietta, Italian artist and architect   

1548  On this day in history death of juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500)   

1563  Death of Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519) on this day in history.   

1583  On June - 06 death of nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556)   

1671  Death of Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed on this day in history.