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June 2 in history

184 sourced entries recorded on June 2, from 260 CE to 2023 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 455Sack of Rome: King Genseric leads the Vandals into Rome, after he has promised Pope Leo I not to burn and plunder the city. Genseric sacks the city for a period of two weeks. Eudoxia and her daughters, Eudocia and Placidia, are taken hostage. The loot is sent to the harbour of Ostia and loaded into ships, from whence the Vandals depart and return to Carthage.source
  • 575Pope Benedict I succeeds Pope John III as the 62nd pope.source
  • 1010Fitna of al-Andalus – Battle of Aqbat al-Bakr: The Caliphate of Córdoba is defeated. Allied to Muslim rebels, Ramon Borrell, Count of Barcelona sacks Córdoba, and Hisham II the Nephast is restored as Umayyad caliph of Córdoba, succeeding Muhammad II al-Mahdi.source
  • 1099June 2–6 – The Crusaders occupy Arsuf and turn inland towards Ramlah, where they reorganise for the march against Jerusalem. A Crusader force under Tancred liberates Bethlehem.source
  • 1129Fulk V, count of Anjou, marries Melisende (daughter of King Baldwin II) the heir to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Fulk gives up his title which passes to his 15-year-old son, Geoffrey V (the Fair).source
  • 1348Domhnall Ó Ceinnéidigh and the son of Brian Ó Briain are "judged, hanged and drawn at the tails of horses" at Thurles.source
  • 1365The Hungarian occupation of Vidin begins, with the capture of the city by Louis I of Hungary's forces, and the imprisonment of Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria.source
  • 1381Due to the support by Queen Joanna I of Naples for the antipope Clement VII, Pope Urban VI declares her cousin, Carlo di Durazzo to be the new ruler of the Kingdom of Naples. Afterward, with the help of the Hungarians, Charles advances on Naples and captures Joanna. James of Baux, the ruler of Taranto and the Latin Empire, claims the Principality of Achaea after Joanna's imprisonment.source
  • 1387John Holland, a maternal half-brother of Richard II of England, is created Earl of Huntingdon.source
  • 1389Al-Salih Hajji becomes the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria a second time, replacing the Sultan Sayf ad-Din Barquq after having previously reigned from 1381 to 1382. Al-Salih rules until 1 February 1390, when he is overthrown by Barquq.source
  • 1416The Truce of Harfleur between England and France comes to an end after 27 days, and a French siege of Harfleur begins again on June 5.source
  • 1417King Henry V of England issues an order directing penalties for wearing of an unauthorized coat of arms, directing sheriffs, on the day of mustering of persons for an exhibition, to inquire in such cases "by whose gift he holds those arms or coats of arms, except for those who bore arms with us at the Battle of Aguincourt."source
  • 1420Catherine of Valois (daughter of Charles VI of France) is married to King Henry V of England.source
  • 1420Charles VI's daughter Catherine of Valois marries Henry V.source
  • 1424Battle of L'Aquila: Jacopo Caldora and Micheletto Attendolo, for the Kingdom of Naples, defeat Braccio da Montone, for Alfonso V of Aragon.source
  • 1442After a six-month siege, King Alfonso of Aragon proclaims himself King of Naples. Alfonso allows the French ruler, King René of Anjou, to return to France.source
  • 1536Pope Paul III announces that he will send three legates to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; to King Ferdinand of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia; and King François of France to prevent an outbreak of war in Europe.source
  • 1537Pope Paul III publishes the encyclical Sublimis Deus, which declares the natives of the New World to be rational beings with souls, who must not be enslaved or robbed.source
  • 1562Swedish troops conquer Pärnu.source
  • 1592Battle of Dangpo:The Korean navy is again victorious over Japan.source
  • 1602Dutch explorer Joris van Spilbergen lands on the eastern side of the island of Sri Lanka, at Santhamuruthu, and begins the process of attempting to establish a relationship with the rulers of the Kingdom of Kandy.source
  • 1609With the Sea Venture as its flagship, a fleet of nine English ships and more than 500 passengers altogether, departs from England to bring supplies to the English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. The fleet runs into a storm in July and the Sea Venture is wrecked in the Bermuda islands on July 24.source
  • 1615The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.source
  • 1625Prince Frederick Henry is sworn in as the stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland.source
  • 1631Frederik III gave 20 Danish-Dutch peasants the rights to settle at Allégade, founding the settlement of "Ny Amager" (New Amager) or "Ny Hollænderby" (New Dutchman-town) in what would later become known as Frederiksberg.source
  • 1635French-Dutch manifesto calls on inhabitants of the Spanish Netherlands to rise against their government.source
  • 1641Bavarian and Spanish troops capture the town of Bad Kreuznach during the Thirty Years' War, 17 months after it had been taken in a French and Saxon attack.source
  • 1697Augustus, Elector of Saxony converts to Roman Catholicism in order to be eligible to rule Poland.source
  • 1702English General John Churchill, later the Duke of Marlborough, takes command of the alliance of English, Dutch and German troops in the War of the Spanish Succession.source
  • 1704Annular solar eclipse is visible from a region of the Southern Ocean between South Africa and Antarctica.source
  • 1763Pontiac's War: At what becomes Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.source
  • 1763Pontiac's War: At what becomes Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.source
  • 1774Intolerable Acts: A new Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide better housing for British soldiers upon demand, is passed.source
  • 1774Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to let British soldiers into their homes, is re-enacted.source
  • 1780An Anti-Catholic mob led by Lord George Gordon marches on the Parliament of Great Britain, leading to the outbreak of the Gordon Riots in London.source
  • 1780an Anti-Catholic mob led by Lord George Gordon marches on Parliament leading to the outbreak of the Gordon Riots in London.source
  • 1786The Tignon law is enacted by Spanish Governor of Louisiana Esteban Rodríguez Miró, to force black women to wear a tignon headscarf.source
  • 1793French Revolution: The Girondins are overthrown in France.source
  • 1794May 30–June 4 – Battle of Port-Républicain: British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti from the French.source
  • 1800The first smallpox vaccination is made in North America, at Trinity, Newfoundland.source
  • 1802Indigenous Australian Pemulwuy, a leader of the resistance to European settlement of Australia, is shot dead by Henry Hacking.source
  • 1802Pemulwuy is shot and killed following the killing of four white men at Parramatta and Toongabbie.source
  • 1805May 31–June 2 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Diamond Rock – A Franco-Spanish fleet captures the strategic island of Diamond Rock off Martinique in the West Indies, from the British.source
  • 1817The Ministry of Finance is established.source
  • 1825The United States Senate ratifies the treaties with the Great Osage and the Little Osage tribes.source
  • 1832passengers are first carried over the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway, between St Leonards and North Esk by horse-drawn carriage.source
  • 1846first editions of Melbourne's daily newspaper, The Argus; and of Brisbane's weekly newspaper, Moreton Bay Courier, are published.source
  • 1848June 2–12 – The Prague Slavic Congress brings together members of the Pan-Slavism movement.source
  • 1851Castle & Cooke, the predecessor of Dole Food Company, is founded in Hawaii.source
  • 1851Maine passes the Maine Liquor Law, the first state-wide prohibition in the United States.source
  • 1856Battle of Black Jack: Antislavery forces, led by John Brown, defeat proslavery forces in Bleeding Kansas.source
  • 1858Comet Donati, the first comet to be photographed, is discovered by Giovanni Battista Donati, and remains visible for several months afterwards.source
  • 1864The schooner Waratah disappears between Sydney and Newcastle, claiming seven lives.source
  • 1865American Civil War: Confederate forces west of the Mississippi River under General Edmund Kirby Smith surrender at Galveston, Texas, under terms negotiated on May 26, becoming the last to do so.source
  • 1866Fenian forces skirmish with Canadian militia at the battles of Ridgeway and Fort Erie.source
  • 1868The first Trades Union Congress is held in Manchester, England.source
  • 1868the first Trades Union Congress is held in Manchester.source
  • 1869seven men are tried at Mold for attacking a colliery manager following a pay cut. A riot breaks out as those convicted are being transported to the railway station; soldiers fire on the crowd, killing four people.source
  • 1869Sherwood College is founded in Nainital, India.source
  • 1878Nobiling assassination attempt by anarchist Karl Nobiling targeting the German Kaiser, Wilhelm I.source
  • 1884Banamex was formed from the merger of Banco Nacional Mexicano and Banco Mercantil Mexicano, two banks that had operated since the beginning of 1882.source
  • 1885Dunfermline Athletic F.C. is officially formed at the Old Inn, Dunfermline, Scotland.source
  • 1886U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House (Washington, D.C.), becoming the only President of the United States to wed in the executive mansion. She is 27 years his junior.source
  • 1888Edward King (bishop of Lincoln) in England is called to account for using ritualistic practices in Anglican worship.source
  • 1897Mark Twain, responding to rumors that he is dead, is quoted by the New York Journal as saying, "The report of my death was an exaggeration."source
  • 1899American outlaws Robert L. Parker (Butch Cassidy) and Harry A. Longabaugh ("The Sundance Kid") commit their first armed robbery as "The Wild Bunch", stopping a Union Pacific train near Wilcox, Wyoming, with accomplices Harvey Logan and Elzy Lay, and steal more than $30,000 worth of cargo.source
  • 1902The coal strike of 1902 begins in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania.source
  • 1902The centenary of the Congregation of Christian Brothers was celebrated with High Mass in the Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago.source
  • 1905Lassen National Forest is established.source
  • 1909The Labor government of Andrew Fisher is ousted from office by Alfred Deakin's Fusion Party, and Deakin becomes Prime Minister for the third time.source
  • 1909French forces capture Abéché, capital of the Wadai Empire in central Africa.source
  • 1910Charles Rolls became the first person to fly across the English Channel and back without stopping.source
  • 1920Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete, archaeologist and archbishop of Monterrey, 1911–1920 (born 1856)source
  • 1924U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.source
  • 1925Foundation stone for the west front of St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, is laid by Governor of Northern Ireland, the Duke of Abercorn.source
  • 1936An attempt by rebels to derail a train bringing the 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment from Egypt led to the railways being put under guard, placing a great strain on the security forces at Nablus.source
  • 1938Fisherman's Day, created.source
  • 1944WWII: The Provisional Government of the French Republic is established.source
  • 19461946 Italian institutional referendum: Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a republic. In the simultaneous 1946 Italian general election, the first since the end of World War II and also the first in which women are allowed to vote, the Christian Democracy party, led by Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi, wins most seats in the Constituent Assembly of Italy and forms a coalition government. Christian Democracy leads the Italian government continuously until 1981.source
  • 1947Mads Gilbert, physician.source
  • 1949Gudbrand Bernhardsen Tandberg, politician (born 1903)source
  • 1951The first Colorado beetle is discovered in Sweden.source
  • 1953Elizabeth II is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, at Westminster Abbey.source
  • 1953Elizabeth II's coronation as Queen of Australia takes place at Westminster Abbeysource
  • 1953Elizabeth II crowned as Queen of New Zealand at Westminster Abbey in Londonsource
  • 1962A law is passed encouraging foreign direct investment in Luxembourg by giving the government the power to grant tax breaks for foreign firms making capital investment.source
  • 1966Joaquín Balaguer is elected president of the Dominican Republic.source
  • 1966Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.source
  • 19681967-68 Balkans Cup: Albania ties with Turkey 1-1 at Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankarasource
  • 1968Student demonstrations in Yugoslavia start in Belgrade.source
  • 1969May 26–June 2 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono conduct their second bed-in. The follow-up to the Amsterdam event is held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. Lennon composes and records the song "Give Peace a Chance" during the event.source
  • 1976The Philippine government opens relations with the Soviet Union.source
  • 1976A car bomb fatally injures Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles.source
  • 1978Japan Air Lines 115 had its tail struck on the runway on the airport it landed in. The same aircraft would be involved in a 2nd accident 7 years latersource
  • 1979Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland on his first official, nine-day stay, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country. This visit, known as nine days that changed the world, brings about the solidarity of the Polish people against Communism, ultimately leading to the rise of the Solidarity movement.source
  • 1979Los Angeles' city council passes the city's first homosexual rights bill signed without fanfare by mayor Tom Bradley.source
  • 1981Completion of St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, after 82 years.source
  • 1988May 29–June 3 – The Moscow Summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev takes place, where the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) was finalized.source
  • 1989June 1–10 – Pope John Paul II visits Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Sweden.source
  • 1990The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 88 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12; 37 tornadoes occur in Indiana, eclipsing the previous record of 21 during the 1974 Super Outbreak.source
  • 19941994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash: A Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter carrying almost all the United Kingdom's senior Northern Ireland intelligence experts, crashes on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland, killing all 25 passengers and 4 crew members.source
  • 1995A United States Air Force F-16 piloted by Captain Scott O'Grady is shot down over Bosnia and Herzegovina while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone. O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines six days later.source
  • 1995Waffen-SS Hauptsturmführer Erich Priebke is extradited from Argentina to Italy.source
  • 1996June 1–3 – The Czech Republic's first general election ends inconclusively. Prime Minister Václav Klaus and his incumbent Civic Democratic Party emerge as the winners, but are unable to form a majority government. President Václav Havel refuses to invite Klaus to form a coalition.source
  • 19961996 Spanish Grand Prixsource
  • 1997In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.source
  • 1997June 1–7: Tropical Storm Andres (1997)source
  • 1999The King of Bhutan allows television transmissions to commence in the Kingdom for the first time, coinciding with the King's Silver Jubilee.source
  • 2003Mars Express launches, containing the Beagle 2 lander.source
  • 2008The United Nations Security Council goes on a mission to Africa with the first leg of the mission to Djibouti to discuss the Somali Civil War.source
  • 2008The Russian Irkut (company) Corporation delivered 2 Su 30 MKA Flanker multi-role fighters to Algeria. By the terms of a 2006 contract amounting to $2.5 billion, Irkut is scheduled to deliver 28 Su 30 MKA fighters to Algeria by 2010. Irkut is part of Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).source
  • 2009The Community of the People wins Greenland's parliamentary election.source
  • 2009Oxfam International describes the humanitarian crisis in Somalia as "very dire".source
  • 20112011 Latvian presidential electionsource
  • 2015The FIFA President Sepp Blatter announces his intention to resign amidst an FBI-led corruption investigation, and calls for an extraordinary congress to elect a new president as soon as possible.source
  • 2018Pedro Sánchez is appointed new Prime Minister of Spain, a day after a vote of no confidence against his predecessor, Mariano Rajoy.source
  • 2018May 28–June 7 – The 2018 Stanley Cup Final are played between the Washington Capitals and the Vegas Golden Knights and won by the former.source
  • 20192019 San Marino referendum: Sammarinese voters vote to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and initiate a popular legislative initiative for the reform of the electoral system.source
  • 2020A US$5 billion class action lawsuit is filed against Alphabet Inc. and Google, alleging the company violates users' right to privacy by tracking them in Chrome's incognito mode.source
  • 2021The 2021 Israeli presidential election is held, and won by Isaac Herzog. In order to remove Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power, Naftali Bennett agrees to form a coalition with the Israeli opposition as a rotation government that will come to take effect after eleven days.source
  • 2023A train collision in Odisha, India results in at least 296 deaths and more than 1,200 others injured.source

Births

  • 1305Abu Sa'id Bahadur (or "Abu Sa'id"), Mongol ruler (died 1335)source
  • 1423Ferdinand I of Naples (died 1494)source
  • 1489Charles, Duke of Vendôme, French noble (died 1537)source
  • 1489Charles, Duke of Vendôme, Soldier and courtier. (d.1537)source
  • 1535Pope Leo XI (died 1605)source
  • 1565Francisco Ribalta, Spanish painter (died 1628)source
  • 1617Maeda Toshitsugu, Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period (died 1674)source
  • 1621Jørgen Bjelke, military officer (died 1696).source
  • 1644William Salmon, English medical writer (died 1713)source
  • 1691Nicolau Nasoni, Italian architect (died 1773)source
  • 1731Dorothea Biehl, Danish writer (died 1788)source
  • 1740Marquis de Sade, French author, for whom sadism is named (died 1814)source
  • 1743Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian Freemason (died 1795)source
  • 1774William Lawson, English-born Australian explorer and politician (died 1850)source
  • 1826Erasmo Escala (died 1884)source
  • 1835Pope Pius X (died 1914)source
  • 1840Thomas Hardy, English writer (died 1928)source
  • 1845Arthur MacArthur Jr., U.S. Army general (died 1912)source
  • 1857Edward Elgar, English composer (died 1934)source
  • 1940Constantine II of Greece (died 2023)source
  • 1946Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (died 2020)source
  • 1947Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Punjabi saint, Sikh theologian, military leader (died 1984)source
  • 1988Sergio Agüero, Argentine footballersource
  • 1988Rima Pipoyan, Armenian choreographer, director, dancer and dance teacher.source
  • 2009Hong Ryu-mi, footballersource

Deaths

  • 260Cao Mao, Chinese emperor of the Cao Wei state (born 241)source
  • 260Cao Mao is killed in a coup d'état against Sima Zhao. The 14-year-old Cao Huan becomes ruler of Former Wei, but the Sima clan controls the state.source
  • 891Al-Muwaffaq, Abbasid prince and regent (born 842)source
  • 891Al-Muwaffaq, an Abbasid prince and Commander-in-chief, dies at the capital of Baghdad. His son Al-Mu'tadid is recognized as regent, and second heir of the Abbasid Caliphate.source
  • 910Richilde of Provence, Frankish empresssource
  • 958Oda (the Good), archbishop of Canterburysource
  • 1094Nicholas the Pilgrim, Italian shepherd (born 1075)source
  • 1128Pier Leoni (Petrus Leo), Roman consulsource
  • 1258Edmund de Lacy, English nobleman and knightsource
  • 1258Peter I, Count of Urgell (or Pedro), Portuguese prince (born 1187)source
  • 1292Rhys ap Maredudd, Welsh nobleman and prince (born 1250)source
  • 1418Katherine of Lancaster, queen of Henry III of Castilesource
  • 1453June 2 or June 3 – Loukas Notaras, Byzantine statesman and naval commandersource
  • 1519Philippe de Luxembourg, French Catholic cardinal (born 1445)source
  • 1537Francis Bigod, English noble, rebel (born 1507)source
  • 1567Shane O'Neill, Irish chieftain (born 1530)source
  • 1572Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (executed) (born 1536)source
  • 1581James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, the last regent for Scotland from 1572 to 1578 during the minority of King James VI, is beheaded at Edinburgh using the "Scottish Maiden", after being convicted of conspiracy in the 1567 murder of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots and father of King James."source
  • 1581James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland (born 1525)source
  • 1581James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton executed.source
  • 1599Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (born 1541)source
  • 1625Mōri Terumoto, Japanese warrior (born 1553)source
  • 1647Crown-Prince Christian dies, leading to a succession crisis in Denmark-Norway.source
  • 1679Hannah Ayscough, mother of Isaac Newton (born 1623)source
  • 1693John Wildman, soldier and politician (born c. 1621)source
  • 1701Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (born 1607)source
  • 1716Ogata Kōrin, Japanese painter (born c. 1657)source
  • 1783Charles Spalding, Scottish inventor and underwater diver, killed in diving bell accident (born 1738)source
  • 1802Pemulwuy (born c. 1750), Indigenous Australian resistance leadersource
  • 1853Lucas Alamán, Mexican statesman, historian (born 1792)source
  • 1867Pascual Echagüe, soldier and politician (born 1797)source
  • 1882Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot (born 1807)source
  • 1890Matsudaira Yoshinaga, daimyō (born 1828)source
  • 1941Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (New York Yankees), MLB Hall of Famer (born 1903)source
  • 1966Four former cabinet ministers including Évariste Kimba are executed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for alleged involvement in a plot to kill Mobutu Sese Seko.source
  • 1966Richard O. Winstedt, British orientalist and colonial administrator (born 1878).source
  • 1967Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into fights, during which 27-year-old student Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group 2 June Movement.source
  • 1967Lee Kong Chian, businessman, philanthropist and Chinese community leader (born 1893).source