Historical Events In June - 21
Monday, 20 May 2024
0524 On June - 21 battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France
0524 On June - 21 chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28
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 On June - 21 battle of Akspoele: earl Willem of Normandy beats Diederik
1208 Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies on this day in history.
1377 Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies on this day in history.
1498 Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian on June - 21.
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 Battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France on this day in history.
1529 John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 on June - 21.
1547 On this day in history great fire in Moscow
1572 On this day in history 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 this day in history aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies
1596 On June - 21 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 Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views on June - 21.
1640 On this day in history abraham Mignon, still life painter
1661 Treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty on June - 21.
1667 On this day in history dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England
1668 Cajetan Kolberer, composer on June - 21.
1672 On this day in history dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded
1684 On June - 21 mA Bay Colony's charter revoked
1684 King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter on June - 21.
1688 On this day in history alexander Pope, English poet (Rape of the Lock)
1730 On this day in history norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist
1732 On June - 21 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)