Events & Holidays In June - 01

Arrival of the Swiss at the Port-Noir (Switzerland)

Dayak Festival (Malaysia)

Independence Day (Samoa)

International Children's Day (International)

Madaraka Day (Kenya)

Mother & Child Day (Mongolia)

National Tree Planting Day (Cambodia)

Presidents Day (Palau)

Reconciliation Week (Australia)

The Festival of Roses, Valley of the Roses (Bulgaria)

Jubilee (Peru)

1076  Mstislav I of Kiev (d. 1132) was born on this day in history.   

1300  Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (d. 1338) was born on this day in history.   

1480  On this day in history birth of tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)   

1503  Wilhelm von Grumbach, German lt col was born on this day in history.   

1549  On this day in history birth of allesandre Spontone, composer   

1563  On this day in history birth of robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English prime minister (1598-1612)   

1611  On this day in history birth of felician Schwab, composer   

1633  Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.   

0193  Death of Didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61 on this day in history.   

1191  Philips van de Elzas, count of Vlanderen, dies on this day in history.   

1340  Jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies on this day in history.   

1434  Jagiello, King of Lithuania/Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1568  Death of Duke of Alva, & 18 nobles, beheaded on this day in history.   

1571  Death of John Story, English Catholic on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history death of tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)   

1625  On this day in history death of honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568)