Historical Events In June - 21
Saturday, 17 May 2025
0524 On June - 21 battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France
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 Leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54) on June - 21.
1128 Battle of Akspoele: earl Willem of Normandy beats Diederik on this day in history.
1208 Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies on this day in history.
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 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 June - 21.
1529 On this day in history john Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69
1547 Great fire in Moscow on June - 21.
1572 Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda on June - 21.
1573 Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle on this day in history.
1577 On this day in history giovanni Del Turco, composer
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 June - 21 first Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown
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 this day in history.
1640 Abraham Mignon, still life painter on this day in history.
1661 Treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty on this day in history.
1667 Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England on June - 21.
1668 Cajetan Kolberer, composer on June - 21.
1672 On this day in history dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded
1684 MA Bay Colony's charter revoked on this day in history.
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 Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist on this day in history.
1732 On June - 21 johann Christoph Frederic Bach, composer
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 Hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief) on June - 21.