Historical Events In June - 03
Wednesday, 28 January 2026
0350 Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. 

0545 Chlotilde, wife of French king Clovis/saint, dies at about 70. 

1083 Henry IV of Germany storms Rome, capturing St Peter's Cathedral. 

1098 Christian Crusaders seize Antioch, Turkey. 

1098 Crusaders take Antioch, considered the inaugural Christian city and now located in Turkey. 

1098 After 5-month siege in 1st Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch Turkey 

1107 Kilidj Arslan I, Seldjoeken-sultan, dies in battle. 

1140 French scholar Peter Abelard is are discovered guilty of heresy 

1326 Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark. 

1357 Peace of Aat. 

1395 Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria 

1509 Henry VIII married wife No 1, Catherine of Aragon. 

1539 In this year, Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain 

1540 Hernando de Soto crosses Appalachian Mountain, 1st European to do so. 

1594 Michel Renichon, priest, executed 

1610 Jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised 

1620 Construction of the oldest stone church in French North America, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, begins at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. 

1621 The Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherlands, better known as New York 

1621 Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands" (NY). 

1657 Manuel de Egues, composer 

1658 Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France. 

1660 Johannes Schenck, composer. 

1661 Gottfried Scheidt, composer, dies at 67 

1665 Duke of York defeats Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft 

1679 Jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried 

1685 Cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat. 

1688 Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik, dies at 66 

1726 James Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist. 

1732 Pieter Vuyst, Dutch gov-gen of Ceylon, executed 

1738 Johann Christoph Oley, composer 

1746 James Hook, composer 

1748 Amsterdam establishes municipal postal service 

1750 Frederic Thieme, composer. 

1752 Moscow houses and churchs destroyed by fire 

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