Historical Events In June - 06

0840  Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies on this day in history.  

1002  German king Henry II the Saint crowned on June - 06.  

1134  Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51 on this day in history.  

1242  On this day in history 24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris  

1391  Inhabitants of Seville Spain massacres 5,000 Jews on this day in history.  

1436  On this day in history regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables  

1480  On this day in history vecchietta, Italian artist and architect  

1513  On June - 06 battle at Novara: Habsburgers vs Valois  

1520  On June - 06 france & England sign treaty of Scotland  

1523  Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day) on this day in history.  

1536  Mexico begins it's inquisition on June - 06.  

1606  Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace) on this day in history.  

1622  Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d.1857) on this day in history.  

1625  On June - 06 domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor  

1639  On this day in history massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill  

1654  On June - 06 queen Christina of Sweden resigns & converts to Catholicism  

1660  Denmark & Sweden signs peace treaty on this day in history.  

1661  On June - 06 giacomo Antonio Perti, composer  

1664  New Amsterdam renamed NYC on June - 06.  

1665  Battle at Monte Carlo: English & Portuguese army beat Spain on this day in history.  

1671  Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader on this day in history.  

1671  On this day in history stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed  

1673  On June - 06 france & Brandenburg sign peace treaty  

1676  Georg Reidel, composer on this day in history.  

1683  On this day in history the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.  

1686  Joannes B van Neercassel, RC spiritual leader of Neth, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1695  Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen Neth-Indies (1737-41)/killed 8,000 Chinese on June - 06.  

1710  Francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of king Louis XIV, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1716  1st slaves arrive in Louisiana on this day in history.  

1722  On June - 06 adrien Trudo Sale, composer  

1735  On this day in history anton Schweitzer, composer  

1735  On this day in history georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71  

1740  On this day in history alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony  

1744  On this day in history france & Prussia sign peace treaty  

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1236  Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283) was born on this day in history.  

1436  Regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables was born on this day in history.  

1502  King John III of Portugal (d. 1557) was born on June - 06.  

1519  Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.  

1576  On this day in history birth of giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649)  

1580  Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.  

1599  On this day in history birth of diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)  

1606  Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace) was born on this day in history.  

0840  Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies on June - 06.  

1134  Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51 on June - 06.  

1393  Death of Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359) on June - 06.  

1480  On June - 06 death of vecchietta, Italian artist and architect  

1548  On June - 06 death of juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500)  

1563  On this day in history death of ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)  

1583  On this day in history death of nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556)  

1671  On this day in history death of stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed