Historical Events In June - 25
Thursday, 19 March 2026
0253 In this year, St Lucius I starts his reign as Catholic Pope 

0524 Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians 

0841 Battle of Fontenay 

1080 Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clemens III 

1096 1st Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen Germany. 

1134 King Niels of Denmark. 

1139 Battle of Ourique: Afonso I defeats Moors. 

1142 Gulielmus of Vercelli, Italian hermit/monastery founder/saint, dies. 

1178 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon 

1183 Peace of Konstanz 

1212 Simon de Montfort, a leader of the crusades, dies at 67 

1243 Sinibaldo dei Fieschi elected as Pope Innocentius IV 

1298 Rindfleish Persecutions-250 Jews killed in Rothenburg Germany. 

1373 Johanna II, Queen of Naples (1414-35) 

1423 Reinald IV, duke of Gelre and Gulik (Reinoud I), dies. 

1483 Edward V, king of England (Apr 9-Jun 25, 1483), murdered. 

1500 Pope Alexander VI accept Treaty of Granada 

1514 Berta Jacobsdr, [Suster Bertken], Dutch hermit, dies at 87 

1522 Franchinus Gaffurius, composer, dies at 71. 

1580 Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published 

1606 Alkmaarse clergy asks "Great Dertelheyt" 

1607 Mentally ill emperor Rudolf II signs Treaty of Lieben, giving up Austria, Hungary and Moravia 

1621 French govt army occupies Fort St Jean d'Angély at La Rochelle. 

1630 Fork introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop 

1638 A lunar eclipse is recorded as becoming the inaugural astronomical event recorded in US 

1638 Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in US 

1646 Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies Oxford 

1658 Spanish garrison at Duinkerk surrenders to French and British. 

1667 Dr Jean-Baptiste Denys, French doctor, performs 1st blood transfusion. 

1672 inaugural recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass 

1672 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass. 

1675 Battle at Rathenow: Brandenburgers beat Sweden 

1678 Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the inaugural woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy. 

1709 Francesco Araja, composer. 

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