Historical Events In June - 21
Thursday, 18 April 2024
0524 Battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France on this day in history.
0524 Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28 on this day in history.
0996 Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas on June - 21.
1002 On June - 21 leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54)
1128 On June - 21 battle of Akspoele: earl Willem of Normandy beats Diederik
1208 On June - 21 philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies
1377 On June - 21 edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies
1498 On this day in history jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian
1527 Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 on June - 21.
1528 Maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603) on this day in history.
1529 On this day in history battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France
1529 On June - 21 john Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69
1547 On June - 21 great fire in Moscow
1572 Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda on June - 21.
1573 Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle on June - 21.
1577 Giovanni Del Turco, composer on June - 21.
1582 On this day in history the Incident at HonnÅ-ji takes place in Kyoto, Japan.
1591 On June - 21 aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies
1596 On this day in history michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov
1607 First Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown on June - 21.
1607 On June - 21 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown
1633 On this day in history galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views
1640 Abraham Mignon, still life painter on June - 21.
1661 Treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty on this day in history.
1667 On June - 21 dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England
1668 Cajetan Kolberer, composer on this day in history.
1672 On this day in history dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded
1684 MA Bay Colony's charter revoked on this day in history.
1684 King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter on June - 21.
1688 On June - 21 alexander Pope, English poet (Rape of the Lock)
1730 On June - 21 norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist
1732 On June - 21 johann Christoph Frederic Bach, composer
1734 On June - 21 in Montreal in New France (today primarily Quebec), a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique, having been convicted of the arson that destroyed much of the city, is tortured and hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony that involved her disgrace and the amputation of a hand.
1740 Hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief) on this day in history.