Historical Events In June - 21
Wednesday, 31 December 2025
0524 On this day in history battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France 

0524 On this day in history chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28 

0996 On June - 21 pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas 

1002 Leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54) on this day in history. 

1128 On this day in history battle of Akspoele: earl Willem of Normandy beats Diederik 

1208 Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies on this day in history. 

1377 Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies on June - 21. 

1498 Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian on June - 21. 

1527 On June - 21 niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 

1528 Maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603) on June - 21. 

1529 Battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France on June - 21. 

1529 On June - 21 john Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 

1547 On June - 21 great fire in Moscow 

1572 On this day in history garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda 

1573 On this day in history antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle 

1577 On June - 21 giovanni Del Turco, composer 

1582 The Incident at HonnÅ-ji takes place in Kyoto, Japan on this day in history. 

1591 Aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies on June - 21. 

1596 Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov on this day in history. 

1607 On this day in history first Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown 

1607 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown on June - 21. 

1633 On June - 21 galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views 

1640 On this day in history abraham Mignon, still life painter 

1661 Treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty on this day in history. 

1667 On this day in history dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England 

1668 Cajetan Kolberer, composer on this day in history. 

1672 Dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded on this day in history. 

1684 On this day in history mA Bay Colony's charter revoked 

1684 On June - 21 king Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter 

1688 Alexander Pope, English poet (Rape of the Lock) on June - 21. 

1730 On this day in history norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist 

1732 On this day in history johann Christoph Frederic Bach, composer 

1734 On this day in history in Montreal in New France (today primarily Quebec), a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique, having been convicted of the arson that destroyed much of the city, is tortured and hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony that involved her disgrace and the amputation of a hand. 

1740 On June - 21 hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief) 

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