Historical Events In June - 21
Monday, 13 May 2024
0524 Battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France on June - 21.
0524 Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28 on this day in history.
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 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 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 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 Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle on June - 21.
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 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 First Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown on June - 21.
1607 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown on June - 21.
1633 Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views on this day in history.
1640 On June - 21 abraham Mignon, still life painter
1661 On this day in history treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty
1667 On June - 21 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 June - 21.
1684 MA Bay Colony's charter revoked on June - 21.
1684 King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter on June - 21.
1688 Alexander Pope, English poet (Rape of the Lock) on this day in history.
1730 On this day in history norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist
1732 On this day in history 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)