Historical Events In June - 21
Sunday, 06 October 2024
0524 Battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France on this day in history.
0524 Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28 on June - 21.
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 this day in history.
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 Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 on June - 21.
1528 Maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603) on this day in history.
1529 On this day in history battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France
1529 On this day in history john Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69
1547 Great fire in Moscow on June - 21.
1572 On June - 21 garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda
1573 On this day in history antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle
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 June - 21 michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov
1607 First Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown on June - 21.
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 Abraham Mignon, still life painter on this day in history.
1661 On this day in history treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty
1667 Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England on this day in history.
1668 Cajetan Kolberer, composer on June - 21.
1672 Dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded on June - 21.
1684 On this day in history mA Bay Colony's charter revoked
1684 King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter on June - 21.
1688 Alexander Pope, English poet (Rape of the Lock) on June - 21.
1730 Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist on this day in history.
1732 Johann Christoph Frederic Bach, composer on June - 21.
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 this day in history hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief)