Historical Events In June - 05
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
0070 Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem 

0535 Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople 

0754 Friezen murders bishop Boniface and over 50 companions 

0754 Boniface, [Winfrid], English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79 

1118 Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester. 

1257 Kraków, Poland receive city rights. 

1288 Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs Jan I 

1288 Hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle. 

1305 Bordeaux's archbishop Bertrand the Got elected Pope Clement V 

1443 Ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies. 

1507 England and Netherlands sign trade agreement 

1568 Lamoraal, earl of Egmont/prince of Gavere, beheaded 

1625 Spanish troops under Spinola conquer Breda 

1625 Orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41. 

1632 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Roermond 

1661 Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge. 

1664 Mustafa II, sultan of Turkey (1695-1703) 

1665 Nicolas Bernier, composer 

1667 Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist (Assertiones Theologicae), dies. 

1686 Cristoph Raupach, composer. 

1695 Johann Conrad Schlaun, German barok architect 

1716 England and Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty 

1718 Thomas Chippendale, England, furniture maker (baptized). 

1722 Johann Kuhnau, composer, dies at 62. 

1723 Adam Smith, Kirkcaldy Scot, economist (Wealth of Nations) (baptized) 

1736 Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp 

1752 Prince Willem van Orange is recorded as becoming Knight of Garter 

1759 Theodor Zwetler, composer. 

1760 Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium). 

1771 Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51) 

1783 Brothers Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier publicly demonstrate their hot-air baloon in 10-minute flight over Annonay, France 

1783 Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make inaugural public balloon flight 

1783 Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight 

1785 Gottfried August Homilius, composer, dies at 71 

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