Events & Holidays In June - 03

Mabo Day (Australia)

Martyr's Day (Uganda)

Reconciliation Week (Australia)

1540  On this day in history birth of charles I of Austria (d. 1590)   

1610  On this day in history birth of jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised   

1657  On this day in history birth of manuel de Egues, composer   

1659  On this day in history birth of david Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)   

1660  On this day in history birth of johannes Schenck, composer   

1685  On this day in history birth of cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat   

1723  On this day in history birth of giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born naturalist (d. 1788)   

1726  On this day in history birth of james Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist   

0545  Chlotilde, wife of French king Clovis/saint, dies at about 70 on this day in history.   

1107  On this day in history kilidj Arslan I, Seldjoeken-sultan, dies in battle   

1395  On this day in history death of ivan Shishman of Bulgaria   

1397  Death of William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

1411  Death of Duke Leopold IV of Austria (b. 1371) on this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history death of juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. 1468)   

1594  Death of Michel Renichon, priest, executed on this day in history.   

1615  Death of Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567) on this day in history.