Historical Events In June - 21
Sunday, 17 August 2025
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 June - 21.
0996 Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas on this day in history.
1002 Leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54) on June - 21.
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 Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies on this day in history.
1498 On June - 21 jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian
1527 Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1528 Maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603) on this day in history.
1529 On this day in history battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France
1529 John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 on this day in history.
1547 On this day in history 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 Giovanni Del Turco, composer on June - 21.
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 On this day in history 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 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 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 On June - 21 cajetan Kolberer, composer
1672 On June - 21 dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded
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 Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist on this day in history.
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 June - 21.
1740 On this day in history hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief)