Historical Events In June - 21
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
0524 Battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France on June - 21. 

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

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 June - 21. 

1128 Battle of Akspoele: earl Willem of Normandy beats Diederik on June - 21. 

1208 Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies on June - 21. 

1377 Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies on this day in history. 

1498 On this day in history jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian 

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

1528 On June - 21 maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603) 

1529 On June - 21 battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France 

1529 John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 on this day in history. 

1547 On June - 21 great fire in Moscow 

1572 On June - 21 garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda 

1573 Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle on this day in history. 

1577 On this day in history giovanni Del Turco, composer 

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

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

1596 On this day in history michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov 

1607 On June - 21 first Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown 

1607 On this day in history 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown 

1633 Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views on this day in history. 

1640 Abraham Mignon, still life painter on June - 21. 

1661 Treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty on June - 21. 

1667 Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England on this day in history. 

1668 On June - 21 cajetan Kolberer, composer 

1672 On June - 21 dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded 

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

1684 King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter on this day in history. 

1688 On June - 21 alexander Pope, English poet (Rape of the Lock) 

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

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

1734 On June - 21 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 Hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief) on June - 21. 

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