Historical Events In June - 06

1747  On June - 06 jean Barriere, composer, dies   

1752  On this day in history 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed   

1755  On June - 06 john Flaxman, English sculptor (Westminster Abbey tomb stones)   

1756  On June - 06 john Trumbull, US painter (Declaration of Independence)   

1765  Cornelis Loots, Dutch accountant/poet (Dwingelandij) on this day in history.   

1772  Haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles Chicago on June - 06.   

1778  The birth of George (Beau) Brummell, Fashion leader on this day in history.   

1784  On this day in history joan Derk van de Capellen, leader of democratic Patriots, dies at 42   

1785  On this day in history johann Michael Demmler, composer, dies at 36   

1795  On this day in history fire destroy 1/3 of Copenhagen; 18,000 injured   

1797  Napoleon forms Ligurische Republic on this day in history.   

1799  American orator Patrick Henry ("Give me liberty or give me death!") dies in Charlotte County, Virginia on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history aleksandr Sergeyevich, Russia, poet, founder of modern Russian Lit   

1801  On June - 06 peace of Badajoz: Spain-Portugal   

1804  On June - 06 petter Conrad Boman, composer   

1807  On June - 06 adrien Francois Servais, composer   

1809  Sweden declares independence, constitutional monarchy established on this day in history.   

1813  On June - 06 uS invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont)   

1813  Israel Washburn, gov (Union), died in 1883 on June - 06.   

1813  On this day in history alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect   

1815  On this day in history francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer   

1815  Samuel Whitbread, English Politician on June - 06.   

1816  10" snowfall in New England, the "year without a summer" (Krakatoa) on June - 06.   

1816  On June - 06 10" snowfall in New England, "year without a summer" (Krakatoa)   

1816  Christiane Vulpius, wife of Johann W von Goethe, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1819  William Howard Glover, composer on this day in history.   

1826  Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist on this day in history.   

1829  On June - 06 john Baillie McIntosh, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888   

1831  2nd national black convention (Phila) on June - 06.   

1832  On this day in history the barricades fall and the Paris student uprisings of 1832 end.   

1836  Antons Klemens Theodor, king of Saksen (1827-36), dies at 80 on June - 06.   

1840  On June - 06 john Stainer, composer   

1841  On this day in history eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (d.1910)   

1842  James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor (Amer Acad of Dramatic Art) on this day in history.   

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1236  Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283) was born on this day in history.   

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

1502  On June - 06 birth of king John III of Portugal (d. 1557)   

1519  On this day in history birth of andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603)   

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

1580  On this day in history birth of godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667)   

1599  On June - 06 birth of diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)   

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

0840  On this day in history agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies   

1134  Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51 on June - 06.   

1393  On this day in history death of emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359)   

1480  Death of Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect on this day in history.   

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 June - 06.   

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

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