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 June - 06 24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris  

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

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  France & England sign treaty of Scotland on this day in history.  

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  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 June - 06 massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill  

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

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

1661  On this day in history giacomo Antonio Perti, composer  

1664  New Amsterdam renamed NYC on June - 06.  

1665  On this day in history battle at Monte Carlo: English & Portuguese army beat Spain  

1671  On June - 06 stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader  

1671  On June - 06 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  On this day in history the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.  

1686  On June - 06 joannes B van Neercassel, RC spiritual leader of Neth, dies at 60  

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 this day in history.  

1716  1st slaves arrive in Louisiana on June - 06.  

1722  On this day in history adrien Trudo Sale, composer  

1735  Anton Schweitzer, composer on this day in history.  

1735  Georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1740  Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony on June - 06.  

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  Regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables was born on June - 06.  

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

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

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

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

0840  On June - 06 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 June - 06 death of vecchietta, Italian artist and architect  

1548  On this day in history death of juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500)  

1563  On June - 06 death of ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)  

1583  Death of Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556) on this day in history.  

1671  On June - 06 death of stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed