Historical Events In June - 22

0431  Council of Ephesus (3rd ecumenical council) opens on this day in history.  

0816  On this day in history pope Stephen IV, [V] elected to succeed Leo III  

1276  On June - 22 innocent V, [Pierre the Tarantaise], Pope (1276), dies at about 36  

1342  On June - 22 bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, (Shire Reconning)  

1377  Richard II succeeds Edward III as king of England on this day in history.  

1476  Battle at Morat/Murten: Charles the Stout invades Switzerland on this day in history.  

1478  On June - 22 philips de Schone, Archduke of Austrian/King of Castilia (Philips I)  

1497  On this day in history antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath  

1527  On June - 22 machiavelli, writer, dies  

1533  On this day in history ferdinand of Austria & Sultan Suleiman sign peace treaty  

1535  John Fisher, English bishop (1504-35)/cardinal, beheaded at about 65 on this day in history.  

1559  On June - 22 jewish quarter of Prague burned & looted  

1593  On this day in history battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.  

1596  Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Banten Java on this day in history.  

1611  Henry Hudson &son set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on this day in history.  

1611  On June - 22 henry Hudson & son set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers  

1611  Pablo Bruna, composer on June - 22.  

1613  On June - 22 lambert Pietkin, composer  

1633  On this day in history galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong)  

1674  Eugene J P, Earl of Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo on June - 22.  

1675  Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II on this day in history.  

1684  On this day in history francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer  

1701  Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect (Christiansborg Castle) on June - 22.  

1735  On June - 22 pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer, dies at 71  

1740  On this day in history king Frederik II of Prussia ends torture & guarantees religion & freedom of the press  

1741  Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer on this day in history.  

1741  Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

1742  Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer on this day in history.  

1745  On June - 22 bonnie Prince Charles sails to Scotland  

1745  On June - 22 hubert Renotte, composer, dies at 41  

1754  On June - 22 nicholas Siret, composer, dies at 91  

1757  On June - 22 george Vancouver, surveyed Pacific coast from SF to Vancouver I  

1767  The birth of Karl Von Humboldt, German explorer on June - 22.  

1772  On this day in history slavery outlawed in England  

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1478  On this day in history birth of philips de Schone, Archduke of Austrian/King of Castilia (Philips I)  

1611  Pablo Bruna, composer was born on this day in history.  

1613  On this day in history birth of lambert Pietkin, composer  

1674  Eugene J P, Earl of Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo was born on this day in history.  

1680  On June - 22 birth of ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754)  

1684  Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer was born on June - 22.  

1701  On this day in history birth of nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect (Christiansborg Castle)  

1704  On this day in history birth of john Taylor, English classical scholar (d. 1766)  

1276  On this day in history innocent V, [Pierre the Tarantaise], Pope (1276), dies at about 36  

1429  On this day in history death of ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)  

1527  On June - 22 machiavelli, writer, dies  

1535  Death of John Fisher, English bishop (1504-35)/cardinal, beheaded at about 65 on June - 22.  

1632  Death of James Whitelocke, English judge (b. 1570) on this day in history.  

1634  Death of Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588) on June - 22.  

1699  Death of Josiah Child, English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630) on June - 22.  

1714  Death of Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (b. 1662) on June - 22.