Historical Events In June - 21
Saturday, 08 November 2025
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 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 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 this day in history. 

1572 On June - 21 garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda 

1573 Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle on this day in history. 

1577 On June - 21 giovanni Del Turco, composer 

1582 The Incident at HonnÅ-ji takes place in Kyoto, Japan on June - 21. 

1591 On June - 21 aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies 

1596 Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov on June - 21. 

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 June - 21 galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views 

1640 Abraham Mignon, still life painter on this day in history. 

1661 Treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty on this day in history. 

1667 Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England on June - 21. 

1668 On this day in history cajetan Kolberer, composer 

1672 On June - 21 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 June - 21. 

1688 On June - 21 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 June - 21. 

1734 On this day in history 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. 

1740 On June - 21 hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief) 

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