Historical Events In June - 06

1747  Jean Barriere, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1752  On this day in history 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed   

1755  John Flaxman, English sculptor (Westminster Abbey tomb stones) on this day in history.   

1756  John Trumbull, US painter (Declaration of Independence) on this day in history.   

1765  On June - 06 cornelis Loots, Dutch accountant/poet (Dwingelandij)   

1772  On June - 06 haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles Chicago   

1778  On June - 06 the birth of George (Beau) Brummell, Fashion leader   

1784  Joan Derk van de Capellen, leader of democratic Patriots, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history johann Michael Demmler, composer, dies at 36   

1795  On June - 06 fire destroy 1/3 of Copenhagen; 18,000 injured   

1797  On June - 06 napoleon forms Ligurische Republic   

1799  American orator Patrick Henry ("Give me liberty or give me death!") dies in Charlotte County, Virginia on June - 06.   

1799  On this day in history aleksandr Sergeyevich, Russia, poet, founder of modern Russian Lit   

1801  On June - 06 peace of Badajoz: Spain-Portugal   

1804  Petter Conrad Boman, composer on this day in history.   

1807  Adrien Francois Servais, composer on June - 06.   

1809  Sweden declares independence, constitutional monarchy established on this day in history.   

1813  US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont) on this day in history.   

1813  Israel Washburn, gov (Union), died in 1883 on June - 06.   

1813  Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect on June - 06.   

1815  Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history samuel Whitbread, English Politician   

1816  10" snowfall in New England, the "year without a summer" (Krakatoa) on June - 06.   

1816  10" snowfall in New England, "year without a summer" (Krakatoa) on June - 06.   

1816  On this day in history christiane Vulpius, wife of Johann W von Goethe, dies at 51   

1819  On this day in history william Howard Glover, composer   

1826  On June - 06 sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist   

1829  On June - 06 john Baillie McIntosh, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888   

1831  2nd national black convention (Phila) on June - 06.   

1832  On June - 06 the barricades fall and the Paris student uprisings of 1832 end.   

1836  Antons Klemens Theodor, king of Saksen (1827-36), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1840  John Stainer, composer on this day in history.   

1841  Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (d.1910) on June - 06.   

1842  On this day in history james Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor (Amer Acad of Dramatic Art)   

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1236  Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283) was born on June - 06.   

1436  Regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables was born on this day in history.   

1502  King John III of Portugal (d. 1557) was born on June - 06.   

1519  Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.   

1576  Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649) was born on June - 06.   

1580  Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667) was born on June - 06.   

1599  On June - 06 birth of diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)   

1606  On June - 06 birth of pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)   

0840  On June - 06 agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies   

1134  On June - 06 norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51   

1393  Death of Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359) on this day in history.   

1480  Death of Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect on this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history death of juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500)   

1563  Death of Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519) on this day in history.   

1583  On June - 06 death of nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556)   

1671  On this day in history death of stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed