Historical Events In June - 21
Friday, 21 February 2025
0524 On June - 21 battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France
0524 Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28 on this day in history.
0996 On June - 21 pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas
1002 Leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54) on this day in history.
1128 Battle of Akspoele: earl Willem of Normandy beats Diederik on this day in history.
1208 On this day in history philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies
1377 Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies on June - 21.
1498 On this day in history jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian
1527 On June - 21 niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57
1528 On this day in history maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603)
1529 Battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France on June - 21.
1529 John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 on June - 21.
1547 Great fire in Moscow on June - 21.
1572 Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda on this day in history.
1573 On June - 21 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 June - 21.
1591 On this day in history aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies
1596 Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov on this day in history.
1607 First Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown on June - 21.
1607 On this day in history 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown
1633 Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views on this day in history.
1640 Abraham Mignon, still life painter on June - 21.
1661 Treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty on June - 21.
1667 Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England on June - 21.
1668 Cajetan Kolberer, composer on this day in history.
1672 On this day in history dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded
1684 MA Bay Colony's charter revoked on June - 21.
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 Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist on this day in history.
1732 Johann Christoph Frederic Bach, composer on this day in history.
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 this day in history hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief)