Historical Events In June - 01

1813  Captain James Lawrence, commander of the U.S. frigate Chesapeake, coins the phrase "Don't give up the ship," during a losing battle with a British frigate on June - 01.  

1815  Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France on this day in history.  

1823  On June - 01 louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal, dies at 53  

1825  On June - 01 john Hunt Morgan, Brig General (Confederate cavalry commander)  

1826  Carl Bechstein, German piano inventor on June - 01.  

1831  On June - 01 john Bell Hood, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879  

1834  HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street on this day in history.  

1835  On this day in history 6th national black convention (Phila)  

1836  Charles Darwin returns to Capetown on June - 01.  

1843  On June - 01 it snows in Buffalo & Rochester NY & Cleveland Ohio  

1843  On this day in history sojourner Truth leaves NY to begin her career as antislavery activist  

1844  On this day in history galusha Pennypacker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1916  

1845  On June - 01 homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days  

1846  On this day in history gregory XVI, [Bartolomeo A Cappellari]/Mauro, Pope dies at 80  

1848  On this day in history otto Valdemar Malling, composer  

1855  US adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery on June - 01.  

1857  On this day in history charles Baudelaire's Fleurs du mal is published.  

1858  William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Beyond the Hills of Dream) on this day in history.  

1861  On June - 01 the first skirmish in the Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va  

1861  US & Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange on this day in history.  

1861  1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va on this day in history.  

1861  On this day in history john Q Marr, US Confederate captain, dies in battle at Fairfax Courthouse, the first Confederate death of the war  

1862  Gen Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at 7 Pines on this day in history.  

1862  2nd/last day of battle at Fair Oaks/7 Pines Va (11,165 casualties) on this day in history.  

1862  Antonio JdC Feijo, Portuguese diplomat/poet (Bailatas) on this day in history.  

1864  On June - 01 battle of Cold Harbour, VA  

1864  -Nov] Shenandoah Valley campaign on this day in history.  

1864  Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of blacks, assassinated in his home by white terrorists in SC on this day in history.  

1866  On June - 01 renegade Irish Fenians invade Fort Erie Ontario from US  

1866  On this day in history general Dutch Typographer Union forms  

1868  James Buchanan, the 15th president of the U.S., dies near Lancaster, Pennsylvania on June - 01.  

1868  On June - 01 texas constitutional convention meets in Austin  

1868  On June - 01 james Buchanan, 15th US president (1857-61), dies at 77  

1869  Voting machine patented (Thomas A Edison) on this day in history.  

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

1300  On June - 01 birth of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (d. 1338)  

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

1503  On June - 01 birth of wilhelm von Grumbach, German lt col  

1549  On June - 01 birth of allesandre Spontone, composer  

1563  On June - 01 birth of robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English prime minister (1598-1612)  

1611  On June - 01 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 June - 01.  

1191  On this day in history philips van de Elzas, count of Vlanderen, dies  

1340  On June - 01 jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies  

1434  On this day in history jagiello, King of Lithuania/Poland, dies  

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  Death of Tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543) on June - 01.  

1625  Death of Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568) on this day in history.