Historical Events In June - 21
Saturday, 18 January 2025
0524 On this day in history battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France
0524 Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28 on June - 21.
0996 On this day in history 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 June - 21.
1208 Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies on June - 21.
1377 Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies on June - 21.
1498 On June - 21 jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian
1527 Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle
1577 Giovanni Del Turco, composer on June - 21.
1582 On this day in history the Incident at HonnÅ-ji takes place in Kyoto, Japan.
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 this day in history first Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown
1607 On this day in history 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 On June - 21 abraham Mignon, still life painter
1661 On June - 21 treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty
1667 On June - 21 dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England
1668 On June - 21 cajetan Kolberer, composer
1672 On this day in history dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded
1684 MA Bay Colony's charter revoked on this day in history.
1684 On this day in history king Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter
1688 On June - 21 alexander Pope, English poet (Rape of the Lock)
1730 Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist on June - 21.
1732 Johann Christoph Frederic Bach, composer on June - 21.
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 June - 21.
1740 On this day in history hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief)