Historical Events In June - 20
Saturday, 21 February 2026
0451 Germans and Romans beat Atiila the Hun at Catalarinische Fields 

0451 Theodorid, King of the Visigoths 

0840 Louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies 

1212 French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo 

1214 The University of Oxford receives its charter 

1402 Battle of Angora (Ankara)-Tatars defeat Turkish Army 

1530 German Parliament joins to Augsburg together. 

1547 Count Philip van Hessen captured 

1566 Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden. 

1567 Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique. 

1567 Don Henrique of Brazil, expel Jews 

1582 Bishop Domingo de Salazar of Manila suppresses the Philippines. 

1585 Lazaro Valvasensi, composer 

1585 Christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52. 

1591 Mauritius and Willem van Nassau occupy Devente 

1597 Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen and Bereneil), dies 

1615 Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]. 

1631 The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates. 

1632 Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area. 

1634 Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75). 

1642 George Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology) 

1647 Johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony (1680-91). 

1649 Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies 

1656 Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw 

1674 Nicholas Rowe, England, poet laureate (Jane Shore, Tamerlane). 

1675 Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom. 

1694 Hans A Brorson, Danish poet/bishop of Ribe 

1723 Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian 

1730 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer. 

1733 Betty Washington- sister of George Washington. 

1743 Anna L Barbauld, writer of hymns. 

1751 Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56 

1756 146 Brit soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most die 

1756 Joseph Martin Kraus, composer. 

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