Historical Events In June - 21
Friday, 17 January 2025
0524 On this day in history battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France
0524 On June - 21 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 On this day in history leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54)
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 June - 21 edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies
1498 On this day in history jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian
1527 On this day in history niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57
1528 Maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603) on June - 21.
1529 On this day in history battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France
1529 On June - 21 john Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69
1547 On June - 21 great fire in Moscow
1572 On June - 21 garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda
1573 On June - 21 antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle
1577 Giovanni Del Turco, composer on this day in history.
1582 The Incident at HonnÅ-ji takes place in Kyoto, Japan on this day in history.
1591 On June - 21 aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies
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 On June - 21 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown
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 June - 21.
1661 Treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty on June - 21.
1667 On this day in history dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England
1668 Cajetan Kolberer, composer on June - 21.
1672 Dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded on this day in history.
1684 On this day in history mA Bay Colony's charter revoked
1684 King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter on this day in history.
1688 On this day in history alexander Pope, English poet (Rape of the Lock)
1730 On this day in history norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist
1732 On June - 21 johann Christoph Frederic Bach, composer
1734 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 on this day in history.
1740 On June - 21 hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief)