Historical Events In June - 06

0840  On this day in history agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies  

1002  On June - 06 german king Henry II the Saint crowned  

1134  On June - 06 norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51  

1242  24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris on June - 06.  

1391  Inhabitants of Seville Spain massacres 5,000 Jews on June - 06.  

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

1480  On June - 06 vecchietta, Italian artist and architect  

1513  On this day in history battle at Novara: Habsburgers vs Valois  

1520  France & England sign treaty of Scotland on June - 06.  

1523  Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day) on June - 06.  

1536  On this day in history mexico begins it's inquisition  

1606  On this day in history pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)  

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

1625  Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor on June - 06.  

1639  Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill on June - 06.  

1654  On this day in history queen Christina of Sweden resigns & converts to Catholicism  

1660  On June - 06 denmark & Sweden signs peace treaty  

1661  Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer on this day in history.  

1664  On June - 06 new Amsterdam renamed NYC  

1665  On June - 06 battle at Monte Carlo: English & Portuguese army beat Spain  

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

1671  Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed on June - 06.  

1673  On this day in history france & Brandenburg sign peace treaty  

1676  Georg Reidel, composer on June - 06.  

1683  The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum on June - 06.  

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 this day in history.  

1710  Francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of king Louis XIV, dies at 65 on June - 06.  

1716  On this day in history 1st slaves arrive in Louisiana  

1722  On this day in history adrien Trudo Sale, composer  

1735  On this day in history anton Schweitzer, composer  

1735  On June - 06 georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71  

1740  Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony on this day in history.  

1744  France & Prussia sign peace treaty on June - 06.  

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

1436  On June - 06 birth of regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables  

1502  King John III of Portugal (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.  

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

1576  On June - 06 birth of giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649)  

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

1599  Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.  

1606  Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace) was born on June - 06.  

0840  On this day in history agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies  

1134  On this day in history norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51  

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

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

1548  Death of Juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500) on June - 06.  

1563  Death of Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519) on June - 06.  

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

1671  Death of Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed on June - 06.