Historical Events In June - 21
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
0524 On this day in history battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France
0524 On this day in history chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28
0996 On June - 21 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 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 June - 21 jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian
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 On June - 21 battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France
1529 John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 on this day in history.
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 June - 21.
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 this day in history.
1607 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown on this day in history.
1633 Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views on this day in history.
1640 Abraham Mignon, still life painter on this day in history.
1661 Treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty on June - 21.
1667 Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England on this day in history.
1668 On June - 21 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 On this day in history king Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter
1688 Alexander Pope, English poet (Rape of the Lock) on this day in history.
1730 Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist on June - 21.
1732 Johann Christoph Frederic Bach, composer on this day in history.
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 June - 21.
1740 On June - 21 hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief)