Historical Events In June - 01

1813  On June - 01 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  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 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  On June - 01 hMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street  

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  Galusha Pennypacker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1916 on June - 01.  

1845  On this day in history homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days  

1846  Gregory XVI, [Bartolomeo A Cappellari]/Mauro, Pope dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1848  On June - 01 otto Valdemar Malling, composer  

1855  On this day in history uS adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery  

1857  Charles Baudelaire's Fleurs du mal is published on this day in history.  

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

1861  The first skirmish in the Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1862  Gen Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at 7 Pines on June - 01.  

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

1862  On June - 01 antonio JdC Feijo, Portuguese diplomat/poet (Bailatas)  

1864  Battle of Cold Harbour, VA on this day in history.  

1864  On June - 01 -Nov] Shenandoah Valley campaign  

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  Renegade Irish Fenians invade Fort Erie Ontario from US on June - 01.  

1866  On June - 01 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 this day in history texas constitutional convention meets in Austin  

1868  James Buchanan, 15th US president (1857-61), dies at 77 on June - 01.  

1869  Voting machine patented (Thomas A Edison) on June - 01.  

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1076  On June - 01 birth of mstislav I of Kiev (d. 1132)  

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  On this day in history birth of wilhelm von Grumbach, German lt col  

1549  Allesandre Spontone, composer was born on June - 01.  

1563  Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English prime minister (1598-1612) was born on this day in history.  

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

1633  On June - 01 birth of geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687)  

0193  Death of Didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61 on June - 01.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1571  Death of John Story, English Catholic on June - 01.  

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

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