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June 11 in history

220 sourced entries recorded on June 11, from 573 CE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 786Battle of Fakhkh: An Alid uprising in Medina is crushed by the Abbasids. One of the Alids, Idris ibn Abdallah, flees to the Maghreb in western North Africa, where he later founds the Idrisid dynasty in 788/789.source
  • 980Vladimir I (the Great), grand prince of Kiev, consolidates the Kievan realm from modern Ukraine to the Baltic Sea. Vladimir is proclaimed ruler (knyaz) of all Kievan Rus'.source
  • 1011Lombard Revolt: Mahmoud the Fat of Bari rises up against the Lombard rebels, led by Melus, and delivers the city to Basil Mesardonites, Byzantine governor (catepan) of the Catepanate of Italy. Melus is forced to flee to Salerno, and his brother-in-law Dattus escapes to Monte Cassino, but their families are taken captive, and carted off to Constantinople.source
  • 1042Zoë marries her third husband, a Byzantine bureaucrat who ascends as co-emperor Constantine IX at Constantinople. Theodora agrees to surrender her co-emperorship.source
  • 1118Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk Turks.source
  • 1125Battle of Azaz: The Crusader states led by King Baldwin II of Jerusalem defeat the Seljuk forces at Azaz and raise the siege of the town. Baldwin mobilizes a force of 1,100 armoured knights (from Antioch, Edessa and Tripoli) and 2,000 foot-soldiers. The Crusaders capture the Seljuk camp and Baldwin takes enough loot to ransom the prisoners taken by the Seljuk Turks (including his 4-year-old daughter Ioveta and Joscelin II of Edessa who are taken hostage). Aq-Sunqur al-Bursuqi, governor (atabeg) of Mosul, withdraws to Aleppo and is forced to make a truce, leaving the frontier in northern Syria in peace for 18 months.source
  • 1144The Basilica of St. Denis near Paris is completed, and consecrated in the presence of Louis VII – as the first Gothic church.source
  • 1157Albert the Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), becomes the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first Margrave.source
  • 1289Battle of Campaldino: Pro-papal Guelph forces of Florence and their allies, Lucca, Pistoia, Prato and Siena under Viscount Aimery IV defeat the Ghibelline army (some 10,000 men) in Tuscany. Florence becomes the dominant power in Central Italy; powerful merchant guilds take on a more political role in the communal government against their rivals of Genoa, Pisa and Venice.source
  • 1311Boleslaw III the Wasteful, Duke of Wroclaw, renounces his claims to the throne of the Kingdom of Polandsource
  • 1318John Hotham is appointed as the Lord Chancellor of England, the highest ranking office for a member of parliament, by King Edward II.source
  • 1323Bertrand du Pouget, French papal legate, commanding a military campaign against the Ghibellines besieges Milan – but abandons the siege when Louis IV of Bavaria, King of the Romans, sends a relief army to Italy to aid the city and to protect his domains against the Kingdom of Naples, which is together with France the strongest ally of the Papal States.source
  • 1324The Byzantine Empire, represented by diplomatic envoy Stephen Syropoulos, signs a treaty with the Republic of Venice, led by the Doge Giovanni Soranzo.source
  • 1329Battle of Maltepe (Pelekanon): Ottoman Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire.source
  • 1369The Parliament of England adjourns after eight days, as King Edward III gives royal assent to acts passed, removing the wool staple of Calais, as well as specifying limits to the import of wine from Gascoigne, and prohibiting the king's butler and lieutenants from taking "more wines than is commanded."source
  • 1389The Hättebröder, a group of German-speaking burghers during the reign of the German Albrecht as King of Sweden, arrest and imprison the Swedish mayor of Stockholm, Bertil Brun, and two other city officials, whom they hold for ransom. Brun and the other two officials become victims two weeks later of the Käpplinge murders.source
  • 1394The Venetians take over possession of Argos, from Despot Theodore I Palaiologos.source
  • 1439Catherine of France, Countess of Charolais is betrothed to Charles the Bold of Burgundy. They marry the following year.source
  • 1454In Poland, the landholders and bishops of Elbing (now Elbląg) pledge allegiance to King Casimir IV, and Danzig (now Gdańsk) follows on June 16.source
  • 1482The Treaty of Fotheringhay is signed between King Edward IV of England, and Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany, the younger brother of King James III of Scotland, with Alexander being promised the Scottish throne in return for swearing loyalty to England and participating in an English invasion of Scotland.source
  • 1495Louis, Duke of Orleans, at the time a French general, opens a new front in the Italian War as he and his troops are allowed to occupy the city of Novara in the Duchy of Milan.source
  • 1509Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon.source
  • 1509Luca Pacioli's De divina proportione, concerning the golden ratio, is published in Venice, with illustrations by Leonardo da Vinci.source
  • 1535Swedish victory at the Battle of Öxnebjerg.source
  • 1541The Barony of Upper Ossory is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Barnaby Fitzpatrick.source
  • 1541The Barony of Dunboyne is created by patent in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Edmond Butler.source
  • 1548Suleiman the Magnificent, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire begins an invasion of Safavid Iran that will last for almost two years before he abandons it.source
  • 1551With the approval of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, Prince Ilie's brother Ștefan VI Rareș becomes the new Prince of Moldavia.source
  • 1554Italian General Piero Strozzi successfully defends an attack on the Republic of Siena by French troops, led by Cosimo de' Medici at the battle of Pontedera, but suffers a tremendous loss of his own troops in the process.source
  • 1554A gunpowder explosion triggered by lightning causes fires that destroy much of the city of Luxembourg.source
  • 1559Scottish Reformation: A Protestant mob, incited by the preaching of John Knox, sacks St Andrews Cathedral.source
  • 1578Humphrey Gilbert is granted letters patent from the English crown to establish a colony in North America.source
  • 1580Within the Viceroyalty of Peru in South America Spanish explorer Juan de Garay founds the first permanent Spanish settlement at what is now the capital of Argentina, on the Rio de la Plata. Garay, who came on an expedition down the Paraná River from Asunción (now in Paraguay), arrives at the site of the failed Spanish settlement of Ciudad de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre, that had been created by Pedro de Mendoza in 1536 and abandoned in 1542. Garay names the new settlement "Santísima Trinidad" but the city eventually takes the name of the port, which he calls "Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires."source
  • 1584Walk (modern-day Valka and Valga, towns in Latvia and Estonia respectively), receives city rights from Polish king Stefan Bathory.source
  • 1585The 9.2 magnitude Aleutian Islands earthquake unleashes a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean, killing many people in Hawaii and reportedly striking Japan.source
  • 1587June 11 (Tensho 15, 6th day of 5th month) – Most of Kyushu is surrendered to Toyotomi Hideyoshi by Yoshihisa Shimazu, 32 days after Hideyoshi's siege of Kagoshima began (on the 3rd day of the 4th month). Hideyoshi follows on July 24 (19th day of the 6th month of Tensho 15) with an order banishing all European Christian missionaries from the province.source
  • 1594Philip II of Spain recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paves the way for the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía.source
  • 1622Huguenot rebellions: The Huguenot city of Nègrepelisse is taken, after a short siege by royal forces. The entire population of the city is subsequently massacred, and the city is burned to the ground.source
  • 1622Huguenot rebellions: siege of Nègrepelisse – The Huguenot city of Nègrepelisse is taken by royal forces after a short siege by royal forces; the entire population is subsequently massacred and the city burned to the ground.source
  • 1644During the English Civil War, Prince Rupert and his men take Liverpool Castle. Liverpool is later reclaimed by Sir John Moore.source
  • 1665Shivaji, leader of the Bhonsale clan of the Marathas in India, signs the Treaty of Purandar with the Mughal Empire, giving up 23 of the 35 forts under his control, agreeing to pay reparations to the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, and sending his son to stay as a hostage at Agra.source
  • 1675Armed Wampanoag warriors are reported traveling around Swansea, Massachusetts.source
  • 1680Elizabeth Cellier, an English Catholic midwife, is tried and acquitted of treason for pamphleting against the government.source
  • 1680Elizabeth Cellier, a Catholic midwife, is tried and acquitted of treason for pamphleting against the government.source
  • 1685Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of King Charles II of England, Scotland, and Ireland, lands at Lyme Regis with an invasion force brought from the Netherlands, to challenge his uncle, James II, for the Crown of England.source
  • 1685Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland, lands at Lyme Regis with an invasion force brought from the Dutch Republic to challenge his uncle, James II, for the Crown of England.source
  • 1695An annular eclipse of the sun is visible across South America.source
  • 1699England, France and the Dutch Republic agree on the terms of the Treaty of London (1700) (Second Partition Treaty) for Spain.source
  • 1699England, France and the Dutch Republic agree on the terms of the Second Partition Treaty for Spain.source
  • 1699France, England and the Dutch Republic agree on the terms of the Treaty of London (1700) (Second Partition Treaty) for Spain.source
  • 1702Anglo-Dutch forces skirmish with French forces before the walls of Nijmegen and prevent its fall.source
  • 1703Charles Hickman is consecrated as Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry.source
  • 1706In Tibet, Lha-bzang Khan, khan of the Khoshut, kills the regent and kidnaps the 6th Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso, and kills the Lama's regent.source
  • 1712Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts is incorporated as a town.source
  • 1720The British Parliament approves the Bubble Act (officially the Royal Exchange and London Assurance Corporation Act 1719), prohibiting the formation of joint-stock companies without prior approval by royal charter.source
  • 1720Robert Walpole and his ally and brother-in-law Charles Townshend rejoin the government as Paymaster of the Forces and Lord President of the Council ending the Whig Split lasting since 1717. Within a year they will be Prime Minister and Northern Secretary respectively.source
  • 1724Johann Sebastian Bach leads his cantata O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (O eternity, you word of thunder), BWV 20, on the first Sunday after Trinity, beginning his second cycle, the chorale cantata cycle.source
  • 1726André-Hercule de Fleury, recalled from exile by King Louis XV of France (his former pupil), forces banishment of Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, the Prime Minister, and the Duke's mistress Madame de Prie from court. Financier Jean Pâris de Monmartel is also removed from his position as Guard of the Royal Treasury.source
  • 1727George II becomes King of Great Britain and Ireland upon the death of George I.source
  • 17411741 British general election, begun on April 30, concludes with Prime Minister Robert Walpole's Whigs retaining their majority in the House of Commons but losing 44 seats to candidates who have defected to the new Patriot Whigs to oppose his policies.source
  • 17411741 British general election, begun on 30 April, concludes with Prime Minister Robert Walpole's Whigs retaining their majority in the House of Commons but losing control of a number of rotten and pocket boroughs with 44 seats lost to candidates who have defected to the new Patriot Whigs to oppose Walpole's policies.source
  • 1742Peace of Breslau: Austria cedes Silesia to Prussia.source
  • 1743Dalecarlian Rebellion (1743). A rebel army of peasants march toward Stockholm to prevent the election of Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp as heir to the Swedish throne and punish those responsible for the war.source
  • 1748The Dannebrog became the only official merchant flag in Norway. The royal standard flag became forbidden to be used on merchant ships.source
  • 1760Robert Rogers and his Rangers launch a strike from Lake Champlain against French military posts along the Richelieu River – they strike at Fort Sainte Thérèse and destroy the settlement.source
  • 1770First voyage of James Cook: HMS Endeavour grounds on the Great Barrier Reef.source
  • 1771The Society of Gentlemen Supporters of the Bill of Rights meets in the London Tavern and changes its platform to a comprehensive program for British parliamentary reform in advance of the next election.source
  • 1775American Revolutionary War – Battle of Machias: In the first naval engagement of the American Revolution, Patriot forces capture the schooner HMS Margaretta.source
  • 1775Coronation of Louis XVI in Reims Cathedral, the last to take place during the Ancien régimesource
  • 1775Coronation of Louis XVI takes place in Reims. The last coronation of the Ancien Regime before the French Revolutionsource
  • 1776American Revolution: The Continental Congress appoints a Committee of Five to draft a Declaration of Independence.source
  • 1794Friderich Christian Hager receives a commission as governor of the Danish Gold Coast.source
  • 1805Detroit burns to the ground; most of the city is destroyed.source
  • 181411 June – 3 July – Kendall and Hall meet a number of Ngāpuhi chiefs including Kawiti, Ruatara, Tara (of Kororāreka), Pōmare I, Hauraki (aka Te Wera, of Kerikeri), and Hongi Hika.source
  • 1817Concordat of 11 June 1817.source
  • 1818Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, third oldest son of King George III and the future King William IV of the United Kingdom, marries Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen.source
  • 1825The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.source
  • 183211 June - 25 June – The Norwegian ultramarathoner Mensen Ernst ran about 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) from Paris to Moscow in 14 days.source
  • 1837The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, Massachusetts, fueled by ethnic tensions between the Irish and the Yankees.source
  • 1844Hans Christian Lumbye's Telegraph Galop premiers in Tivoli's Concert Hall in Copenhagen.source
  • 1848June 2–12 – The Prague Slavic Congress brings together members of the Pan-Slavism movement.source
  • 18531853 Copenhagen cholera outbreak begins and continues until October.source
  • 1865Battle of the Riachuelo: The Brazilian Navy squadron defeats the Paraguayan Navy.source
  • 1866The Agra High Court is established (later shifted to the Allahabad High Court).source
  • 1882The 'Urabi revolt breaks out in Egypt against Khedive Tewfik Pasha and European influence in that country.source
  • 1889A Neapolitan baker named Raffaele Esposito invents the Pizza Margherita, named after the queen consort of Italy Margherita of Savoy. This is the forerunner of the modern pizza.source
  • 1889According to popular contemporary legend the archetypal pizza Margherita was invented by the Neapolitan pizzaiolo ("pizza maker") Raffaele Esposito to create a pizza in honor of the visiting Queen Margherita. The Queen strongly preferred a pizza swathed in the colors of the Italian flag — red (tomato), green (basil), and white (mozzarella).source
  • 1892The Limelight Department, later one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.source
  • 1895Britain annexes Tongaland, between Zululand and Mozambique.source
  • 1895The Paris–Bordeaux–Paris automobile trial is held.source
  • 1895The Paris–Bordeaux–Paris automobile trial is held.source
  • 1898The Guangxu Emperor announces the creation of what would later become Peking University.source
  • 1898September 21 - Hundred Days' Reformsource
  • 1899Pope Leo XIII issues a declaration of the consecration of the entire human race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The consecration follows the issuance of his papal encyclical Annum sacrum, declaring 1900 to be a Holy Year and directing all Roman Catholic churches in the world to implement the Prayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart during the period of June 9 to June 11, 1899.source
  • 19001899–1900 peasant unrest in Bulgaria starts to turn passive.source
  • 1904Henry Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey, is declared bankrupt; from 29 July sales of his assets at Plas Newydd (Anglesey) begin.source
  • 1905Pope Pius X promulgates the encyclical Il fermo proposito, which establishes Azione Cattolica as a non-political lay organization under the direct control of bishops. It was established after an earlier similar organization, Opera dei Congressi was disbanded in 1904 because many of its members were siding with modernism. Catholics were allowed by the pope to vote "to help the maintenance of the social order", but without lifting the Non Expedit of 1868 that prohibited Italian Catholics to participate in political elections in the Kingdom of Italy and, by extension, in Italian national political life. (Because of the Catholic opposition to the unification of Italy and capture of the Papal States).source
  • 1911The Sixth Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance opens in Stockholm, Sweden.source
  • 1913Battle of Bud Bagsak: Armed with guns and heavy artillery, U.S. and Philippine troops under General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing fight a four-day battle against 500 Moro rebels, who are armed mostly with kampilan swords. The rebels are killed in a final desperate charge on June 15.source
  • 1915Friar Leonard Melki and hundreds of other Christians are driven out of Mardin and massacred by Ottoman troops.source
  • 1917King Constantine I of Greece abdicates for the first time, being succeeded by his son Alexander.source
  • 1922Robert J. Flaherty's Nanook of the North, the first commercially successful feature-length documentary film, is premiered in the U.S.source
  • 1924June 7–16 – Rudolf Steiner delivers his Agriculture Course at Koberwitz beginning of the organic agriculture movement.source
  • 1927The Brazilian submarine Humaytá is launched at the Odero-Terni-Orlando shipyard at La Spezia, Italy.source
  • 1933Romania wins the Balkan Cup for the third time, with Gheorghe Ciolac and scoring the most goals in the tournament.source
  • 1938Fire destroys 214 buildings in Ludza, Latvia.source
  • 1942Per Willy Guttormsen, speed skatersource
  • 1943The Order of Military Merit is established by President Getúlio Vargas.source
  • 1945The Franck Committee recommends against a surprise nuclear bombing of Japan.source
  • 1947June 11–15 – The first Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is held in Wales.source
  • 1948The Irgun's cargo ship Altalena which carries weapons, medical equipment and 930 Jewish immigrants, sets sail from France towards Israel.source
  • 1948The Great National Assembly announces the nationalization of all industry, mines, banking and transportation.source
  • 1948The first monkey astronaut, Albert I, is launched into space from White Sands, New Mexico.source
  • 19551955 Le Mans disaster. Driver Pierre Levegh and 82 spectators killed in a crash during the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans race.source
  • 1956Seventh Heaven releasedsource
  • 1962U.S. President John F. Kennedy gives the commencement address at Yale University.source
  • 1963In Saigon, Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức commits self-immolation to protest the oppression of Buddhists by Ngô Đình Diệm's government.source
  • 1971Neville Bonner becomes the first Indigenous Australian to sit in the Australian Parliament.source
  • 1971Jack Davis becomes Canada's first Minister of the Environment, heading the new department of Environment Canadasource
  • 1972Henri Pescarolo (France) and co-driver former World Drivers' Champion Graham Hill (Britain) win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Equipe Matra MS670.source
  • 1972June 5–16 – The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment is held in Stockholm, Swedensource
  • 1975After a referendum and seven years of military rule, modern-day Greece is established as the Hellenic Republic.source
  • 1976Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh gathers 126 of the UK's leading engineers at Buckingham Palace to form the Fellowship of Engineering, later to be known as the Royal Academy of Engineering.source
  • 1978Belgium's Ludo Peeters wins the 1978 Tour de Luxembourg.source
  • 1979June 9–23 – The 1979 Cricket World Cup is held in England with West Indies defeating England in the final.source
  • 1981The 6.6 Mw Golbaf earthquake affected the Kerman province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII+ (Severe), killing 1,400–3,000, and injuring many.source
  • 1981Hunger striker Kieran Doherty is elected TD for Cavan–Monaghan in Dáil Éireann in the 1981 Irish general election.source
  • 1982E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial is released in the United States; directed by Steven Spielberg, this will become the biggest box-office hit for the next 11 years.source
  • 1983The Italian cargo ship Michelle ran aground just northwest of Dugi Otok.source
  • 1987The Conservative Party of the United Kingdom, led by Margaret Thatcher, is re-elected for a third term at the 1987 general election.source
  • 1988June 10–14 – Spontaneous 100,000 strong mass night-singing demonstrations in Estonian SSR eventually give name to the Singing Revolution.source
  • 1992June 3–14 – The Earth Summit is held in Rio de Janeiro.source
  • 1993Jurassic Park releases in cinemas in the United States.source
  • 1997In the United Kingdom, the House of Commons votes for a total ban on handguns.source
  • 2007June 10–15 – Fatah-Hamas conflict: The Battle of Gaza is fought between Fatah and Hamas, and ends with Hamas gaining control of the Gaza Strip.source
  • 2008Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally apologizes, on behalf of the Canadian government, to the country's First Nations for the Canadian Indian residential school system.source
  • 2008June 10 – 13 – The Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict occurred between the forces of the country and Djibouti.source
  • 2008The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched.source
  • 2009The outbreak of the H1N1 influenza strain, commonly referred to as "swine flu", is deemed a global pandemic.source
  • 2010June 10–14 – Ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks result in the deaths of hundreds.source
  • 2010July 11 – The 2010 FIFA World Cup was held in South Africa and was won by Spain.source
  • 2017In a referendum on its status, Puerto Ricans vote in favor of statehood amid a historically low turnout. This figure is attributed to a boycott led by the pro-status quo PPD party.source
  • 2017Iran sends five planes of food to Qatar, with more underway.source
  • 2019Botswana decriminalizes homosexuality.source
  • 2021June 11–June 13 – World leaders meet at the 47th G7 summit, hosted by the United Kingdom, with topics of discussion including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the corporate taxation of multinationals.source
  • 2021July 11 – The delayed UEFA Euro 2020, hosted by 11 different countries, is held, and is won by Italy after beating England on penalties in the final.source

Births

  • 1403John IV of Brabant, son of Antoine (died 1427)source
  • 1456Anne Neville, queen consort of Richard III of England (died 1485)source
  • 1540Barnabe Googe, English poet (died 1594)source
  • 1572Ben Jonson, English dramatist (died 1637)source
  • 1588George Wither, English poet and satirist (died 1667)source
  • 1624Jean-Baptiste du Hamel, French cleric and natural philosopher (died 1706)source
  • 1624Jean-Baptiste du Hamel, cleric and natural philosopher (died 1706)source
  • 1658Victor Honoré Janssens, painter (died 1736)source
  • 1659Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (died 1719)source
  • 1662Tokugawa Ienobu, Japanese Edo shōgun (died 1712)source
  • 1672Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (died 1749)source
  • 1685Thomas Wedgwood III, English potter, father of Josiah Wedgwood (died 1739)source
  • 1696James Francis Edward Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (died 1758)source
  • 1704Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer (died 1742)source
  • 1709Philip David, Independent minister (died 1787)source
  • 1712Benjamin Ingham, American missionary (died 1772)source
  • 1719François-Charles de Velbrück, prince-bishop of Liège (died 1784)source
  • 1741Joseph Warren, American Patriot, physician (died 1775)source
  • 1776John Constable, English landscape painter (died 1837)source
  • 1864Richard Strauss, German composer (died 1949)source
  • 1920King Mahendra of Nepal (died 1972)source
  • 1930Charles Rangel, African-American politician (died 2025)source
  • 1957António Paris, footballersource
  • 1960Mehmet Oz, Turkish-American cardiothoracic surgeon and television personalitysource

Deaths

  • 573Emilian of Cogolla, Iberic saint (born 472)source
  • 773Li Miao, Tang dynasty Chinese princesource
  • 786Al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Abid, anti-Abbasid rebel leadersource
  • 840Emperor Junna, ruler of Japan (born 785)source
  • 884Shi Jingsi, general of the Tang Dynastysource
  • 888Rimbert, archbishop of Bremen (born 830)source
  • 999Ebergar (or Everger), archbishop of Cologne (born c.940)source
  • 1155Kenkai, Japanese Buddhist monk (born 1107)source
  • 1183Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (born 1155)source
  • 1216Henry of Flanders, Latin emperor (born 1178)source
  • 1250Alice of Schaerbeek, Flemish Cistercian lay sister (born c. 1220)source
  • 1253Amadeus IV, Italian nobleman and knight (born 1197)source
  • 1289Bonconte da Montefeltro, Italian noblemansource
  • 1297Jeguk (Jangmok), Korean princess and queen consort (born 1259)source
  • 1298Yolanda of Poland, Hungarian princess (born 1235)source
  • 1323Berengar Fredol the Elder, French cardinal and writersource
  • 1345Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire (lynched by political prisoners)source
  • 1347Bartholomew of San Concordio, Italian Dominican canonist and man of letters (born 1260)source
  • 1420John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg (born c. 1369)source
  • 1446Henry Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick, English nobleman (born 1425)source
  • 1479John of Sahagún, Spanish Augustinian friar, priest and saint (born 1419)source
  • 1488King James III of Scotland is killed at the Battle of Sauchieburn, in a rebellion in which his son, James, Duke of Rothesay, is on the other side. Rothesay becomes King James IV and spends the rest of his life regretting his role in his father's death.source
  • 1488King James III of Scotland (at the Battle of Sauchieburn; b. c. 1451)source
  • 1557King John III of Portugal (born 1502)source
  • 1560Mary of Guise, queen of James V of Scotland and regent (born 1515)source
  • 1560Mary of Guise, queen consort of James V and regent of Scotland (dropsy) (born 1515)source
  • 1569Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (born 1526)source
  • 1577Sebastiano Venier becomes the new Doge of the Republic of Venice, succeeding Alvise Mocenigo, who died on June 4.source
  • 1587Ōtomo Sōrin, Japanese Christian daimyō (born 1530)source
  • 1712Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, French military commander (born 1654)source
  • 1727King George I of Great Britain (born 1660)source
  • 1782William Crawford, American soldier and surveyor (burned at the stake by Native Americans) (born 1732)source
  • 1784Lê Quý Đôn, Vietnamese philosopher, poet, encyclopedist, and government official (born 1726)source
  • 1825Daniel D. Tompkins, 6th Vice President of the United States (born 1774)source
  • 1847Sir John Franklin, British explorer (born 1786)source
  • 1847Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil (born 1845)source
  • 1859Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian diplomat (born 1773)source
  • 1903June 11 (May 29 O.S.) – King Alexander Obrenović and Queen Draga of Serbia are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.source
  • 1936Robert E. Howard, American pulp fiction writer (suicide) (born 1906)source
  • 1937Hando Mugasto, Estonian graphic designersource
  • 1944Teng Yu-hsien, 37, musician.source
  • 1954León Droz Blanco, a military officer and dissident of the Marcos Pérez Jiménez dictatorship, is assassinated in Barranquilla, where he was in exile from his native Venezuela.source
  • 1955Le Mans disaster: Eighty-three people are killed and at least 100 are injured after two race cars collide in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans.source
  • 1974Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (born 1898)source
  • 1979John Wayne, 72, American actor (True Grit, The Searchers) and film producer (The Alamo, Bullfighter and the Lady), stomach cancer.source
  • 1996A peace convoy carrying Chechen separatist leaders and international diplomats is targeted by a series of remotely controlled land mines; eight people are killed.source
  • 2001Timothy McVeigh, 33, American convicted terrorist (Oklahoma City bombing), execution by lethal injection.source
  • 2015Dusty Rhodes, 69, American professional wrestler, booker (NWA, WCW, WWE) and promoter, Hall of Fame (2007, 2010), kidney failure.source
  • 2022Hein Eersel, 100, academic administrator, chancellor of the University of Suriname (1968–1988)source
  • 2025Brian Wilson, 82, American Hall of Fame musician (The Beach Boys), songwriter ("Good Vibrations"), and record producer (Pet Sounds), respiratory arrest.source