Historical Events In June - 21
Saturday, 01 November 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 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 On June - 21 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 June - 21. 

1498 On June - 21 jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian 

1527 Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 on June - 21. 

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

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 Great fire in Moscow on this day in history. 

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

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

1577 On this day in history giovanni Del Turco, composer 

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

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

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

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 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 MA Bay Colony's charter revoked on this day in history. 

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 June - 21 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) 

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