Historical Events In June - 21
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
0524 Battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France on June - 21.
0524 On this day in history chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28
0996 Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas on this day in history.
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 this day in history philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies
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 Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1528 On this day in history maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603)
1529 Battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France on this day in history.
1529 On June - 21 john Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69
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 Honnō-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 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 On this day in history galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views
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 Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England on June - 21.
1668 Cajetan Kolberer, composer on this day in history.
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 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 June - 21 johann Christoph Frederic Bach, composer
1734 On this day in history 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 June - 21 hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief)