Historical Events In June - 21
Thursday, 08 January 2026
0524 Battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France on June - 21. 

0524 On this day in history 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 Leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54) on June - 21. 

1128 Battle of Akspoele: earl Willem of Normandy beats Diederik on this day in history. 

1208 On this day in history philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies 

1377 Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies on June - 21. 

1498 On this day in history jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian 

1527 Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 on June - 21. 

1528 On this day in history maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (1603) 

1529 Battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France on this day in history. 

1529 John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 on this day in history. 

1547 Great fire in Moscow on this day in history. 

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 Aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies on this day in history. 

1596 Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov on this day in history. 

1607 First Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown on June - 21. 

1607 On June - 21 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 Abraham Mignon, still life painter on June - 21. 

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 On this day in history cajetan Kolberer, composer 

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 this day in history. 

1688 On June - 21 alexander Pope, English poet (Rape of the Lock) 

1730 Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist on this day in history. 

1732 On June - 21 johann Christoph Frederic Bach, composer 

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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