Historical Events In June - 21
Thursday, 18 September 2025
0524 On June - 21 battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France
0524 Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28 on this day in history.
0996 Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas on June - 21.
1002 On this day in history leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54)
1128 On June - 21 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 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 June - 21.
1547 Great fire in Moscow on this day in history.
1572 Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda on June - 21.
1573 On this day in history antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle
1577 Giovanni Del Turco, composer on this day in history.
1582 The Incident at HonnÅ-ji takes place in Kyoto, Japan on June - 21.
1591 Aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1607 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown on this day in history.
1633 Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views on June - 21.
1640 On this day in history abraham Mignon, still life painter
1661 On this day in history treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty
1667 On June - 21 dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England
1668 On this day in history cajetan Kolberer, composer
1672 On this day in history dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded
1684 MA Bay Colony's charter revoked on June - 21.
1684 On this day in history king Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter
1688 Alexander Pope, English poet (Rape of the Lock) on this day in history.
1730 On this day in history norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist
1732 Johann Christoph Frederic Bach, composer on June - 21.
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 On this day in history hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief)