Historical Events In June - 21
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
0524 Battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France on this day in history.
0524 On this day in history chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28
0996 On this day in history pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas
1002 On this day in history leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54)
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 On June - 21 jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian
1527 On this day in history niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57
1528 Maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603) on June - 21.
1529 On June - 21 battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France
1529 John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 on June - 21.
1547 On this day in history great fire in Moscow
1572 Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda on June - 21.
1573 Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle on June - 21.
1577 Giovanni Del Turco, composer on June - 21.
1582 On June - 21 the Incident at HonnÅ-ji takes place in Kyoto, Japan.
1591 On June - 21 aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies
1596 Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov on June - 21.
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 On June - 21 galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views
1640 Abraham Mignon, still life painter on June - 21.
1661 On this day in history treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty
1667 Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England on June - 21.
1668 Cajetan Kolberer, composer on June - 21.
1672 Dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded on June - 21.
1684 MA Bay Colony's charter revoked on June - 21.
1684 King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter on June - 21.
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 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 on this day in history.
1740 Hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief) on June - 21.