Historical Events In June - 21
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
0524 Battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France on this day in history. 

0524 Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28 on June - 21. 

0996 On June - 21 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 On June - 21 philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies 

1377 On this day in history edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies 

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 On this day in history battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France 

1529 On this day in history john Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 

1547 On June - 21 great fire in Moscow 

1572 Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda on this day in history. 

1573 On June - 21 antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle 

1577 On June - 21 giovanni Del Turco, composer 

1582 On June - 21 the Incident at HonnÅ-ji takes place in Kyoto, Japan. 

1591 On this day in history aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies 

1596 On June - 21 michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov 

1607 On this day in history 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 this day in history. 

1661 On June - 21 treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty 

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

1668 On June - 21 cajetan Kolberer, composer 

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

1684 On June - 21 mA Bay Colony's charter revoked 

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

1688 On this day in history alexander Pope, English poet (Rape of the Lock) 

1730 On June - 21 norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist 

1732 Johann Christoph Frederic Bach, composer on this day in history. 

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 June - 21. 

1740 Hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief) on June - 21. 

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