Historical Events In June - 01

1813  On this day in history 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.  

1815  On June - 01 napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.  

1823  On this day in history louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal, dies at 53  

1825  On this day in history john Hunt Morgan, Brig General (Confederate cavalry commander)  

1826  On June - 01 carl Bechstein, German piano inventor  

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

1834  HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street on June - 01.  

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

1836  On June - 01 charles Darwin returns to Capetown  

1843  On this day in history it snows in Buffalo & Rochester NY & Cleveland Ohio  

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1843  On June - 01 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 June - 01 otto Valdemar Malling, composer  

1855  On June - 01 uS adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery  

1857  On June - 01 charles Baudelaire's Fleurs du mal is published.  

1858  William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Beyond the Hills of Dream) on June - 01.  

1861  The first skirmish in the Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va on June - 01.  

1861  On June - 01 uS & Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange  

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

1861  John Q Marr, US Confederate captain, dies in battle at Fairfax Courthouse, the first Confederate death of the war on June - 01.  

1862  On this day in history gen Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at 7 Pines  

1862  On June - 01 2nd/last day of battle at Fair Oaks/7 Pines Va (11,165 casualties)  

1862  Antonio JdC Feijo, Portuguese diplomat/poet (Bailatas) on June - 01.  

1864  Battle of Cold Harbour, VA on June - 01.  

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 June - 01.  

1866  Renegade Irish Fenians invade Fort Erie Ontario from US on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On June - 01 voting machine patented (Thomas A Edison)  

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

1300  On this day in history birth of thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (d. 1338)  

1480  On June - 01 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  Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English prime minister (1598-1612) was born on June - 01.  

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  On June - 01 death of didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61  

1191  Philips van de Elzas, count of Vlanderen, dies on June - 01.  

1340  On this day in history 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 June - 01.  

1571  On this day in history death of john Story, English Catholic  

1616  On June - 01 death of tokugawa Ieyasu (b. 1543)  

1625  Death of Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (b. 1568) on June - 01.