Historical Events In June - 06

0840  Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies   

1002  German king Henry II the Saint crowned.   

1134  Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51   

1242  24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris   

1391  Inhabitants of Seville Spain massacres 5000 Jews   

1436  Regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables.   

1480  Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect   

1513  Battle at Novara: Habsburgers vs Valois.   

1520  France and England sign treaty of Scotland.   

1523  Gustavus I is recorded as becoming king of Sweden (Swedish National Day).   

1536  Mexico begins it's inquisition.   

1606  Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace).   

1622  Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d.1857)   

1625  Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor   

1639  Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill   

1654  Queen Christina of Sweden steps down and converts to Catholicism.   

1660  Denmark and Sweden signs peace treaty.   

1661  Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer   

1664  New Amsterdam renamed NYC   

1665  Battle at Monte Carlo: English and Portuguese army beat Spain.   

1671  Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader   

1671  Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed.   

1673  France and Brandenburg sign peace treaty.   

1676  Georg Reidel, composer.   

1683  The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's inaugural university museum   

1686  Joannes B van Neercassel, RC spiritual leader of Neth, dies at 60.   

1695  Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen Neth-Indies (1737-41)/killed 8000 Chinese.   

1710  Francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of king Louis XIV, dies at 65   

1716  1st slaves arrive in Louisiana   

1722  Adrien Trudo Sale, composer.   

1735  Anton Schweitzer, composer.   

1735  Georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71   

1740  Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony.   

1744  France and Prussia sign peace treaty   

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1236  Wen tianxiang: Chinese prime minister   

1436  Regiomontanus (johannes muller): Prepares astronomical tables   

1502  King john iii of portugal: King john iii of portugal (d. 1557)   

1519  Andrea cesalpino: Italian philosopher and botanist   

1576  Giovanni diodati: Swiss protestant clergyman   

1580  Godefroy wendelin: Flemish astronomer   

1599  Diego velázquez: Spanish painter   

1606  Pierre corneille: France, dramatist (el cid, horace)   

0840  Death of Agobard: Archbishop of lyon (anti-semite),   

1134  Norbertus van xanten: Monastery founder,   

1393  Emperor go-en'yu of japan: Emperor go-en'yu of japan (b. 1359)   

1480  Vecchietta: Italian artist and architect   

1548  Juan de castro: Portuguese explorer (b. 1500)   

1563  Death of Ikeda nagamasa: Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)   

1583  Nakagawa kiyohide: Japanese warlord (b. 1556)   

1671  Stenka/stepan razin: Russian cossack/boer leader, killed