Events & Holidays In June - 06

Child Health Day (United States of America)

Clean Air Day (Canada)

D-Day (United States of America)

Memorial Day (South Korea)

National Day (Sweden)

Pushkin's Birthday (Russia)

Queen's Birthday (Niue)

Sweden's Flag Day (Sweden)

1236  On this day in history birth of wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283)   

1436  On this day in history birth of regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables   

1502  On this day in history birth of king John III of Portugal (d. 1557)   

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 this day in history.   

1580  Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On this day in history birth of diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)   

1606  Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace) was born on this day in history.   

0840  Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies on this day in history.   

1134  On this day in history norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51   

1393  On this day in history death of emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359)   

1480  On this day in history death of vecchietta, Italian artist and architect   

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 this day in history death of nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556)   

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