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 this day in history.  

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

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

1391  On this day in history inhabitants of Seville Spain massacres 5,000 Jews  

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

1480  Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect on this day in history.  

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

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

1523  On June - 06 gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day)  

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

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

1622  Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d.1857) on June - 06.  

1625  Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor on this day in history.  

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

1654  Queen Christina of Sweden resigns & converts to Catholicism on this day in history.  

1660  On this day in history denmark & Sweden signs peace treaty  

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

1664  New Amsterdam renamed NYC on June - 06.  

1665  Battle at Monte Carlo: English & Portuguese army beat Spain on June - 06.  

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

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

1673  France & Brandenburg sign peace treaty on this day in history.  

1676  Georg Reidel, composer on June - 06.  

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

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  On June - 06 francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of king Louis XIV, dies at 65  

1716  On June - 06 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 this day in history georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71  

1740  On June - 06 alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony  

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

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1236  On this day in history birth of wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283)  

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

1502  On June - 06 birth of king John III of Portugal (d. 1557)  

1519  On this day in history birth of andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603)  

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

1580  On this day in history birth of godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667)  

1599  On June - 06 birth of diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)  

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

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

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

1393  Death of Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359) on this day in history.  

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

1548  On this day in history 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  Death of Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556) on June - 06.  

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