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June 21 in history

241 sourced entries recorded on June 21, from 217 BCE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 217 BCEOn the northern shore of Lake Trasimene, in Umbria, Hannibal's troops all but annihilate Gaius Flaminius' army in the Battle of Lake Trasimene, killing thousands (including Flaminius) and driving others to drown in the lake. Reinforcements of about 4,000 cavalry from Ariminum under the praetor, Gaius Centenius, are intercepted before they arrive and are also destroyed. The Carthaginian troops then march on Rome.source
  • 533A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails in 500 transports, escorted by 92 war vessels (dromons), manned by 20,000 seamen from Constantinople, to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily. The fleet carries 10,000 infantry, about half Byzantine and half foederati, and 5,000 cavalry, consisting of 3,000 Byzantine horsemen, 1,000 foreign allies (Huns and Heruli) and 1,500 of Belisarius' retainers (bucellarii). On the flagship Belisarius is accompanied by his military secretary Procopius, and his wife Antonina.source
  • 870Caliph Al-Muhtadi is deposed and killed by the Turks, after a brief reign. He is succeeded by Al-Mu'tamid (son of the late Al-Mutawakkil) as ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate, who moves his court to Baghdad. End of the Anarchy at Samarra.source
  • 921A diplomatic delegation is sent from Baghdad to establish trade routes between the Abbasid Caliphate towards Bukhara (modern Uzbekistan). Ahmad ibn Fadlan, an Arab diplomat and traveller, makes contact with Almış, the İltäbär (vassal-king under the Khazars) of Volga Bulgaria, on behalf of Caliph al-Muqtadir.source
  • 1128Battle of Axspoele in Flanders: William, with his Norman knights and French allies, defeats Thierry, who is forced to flee to Bruges and then to Aalst where he is besieged.source
  • 122110-year-old Joan of England, eldest daughter of the late King John, marries the 21-year-old King Alexander II of Scotland at York Minster.source
  • 1305At 14 years old, Wenceslaus III becomes ruler of Hungary, Bohemia, and Poland upon the death at age 33 of his father, King Wenceslaus II.source
  • 1307The coronation of Külüg Khan as Khan of the Mongol Empire and as Emperor Wuzong of Yuan dynasty China, takes place in Khanbaliq in what is now Beijing.source
  • 1313In Germany, peace is made between Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria, and his younger brother, Louis the Bavarian, with Rudolf having control of the Electoral Palatinate, in return for supporting the election of Louis as the next Holy Roman Emperor.source
  • 1321King Philip V of France orders that all lepers be imprisoned and interrogated. Those found guilty, often under torture, are to be burnt at the stake.source
  • 1327Queen Ingeborg of Norway marries the Danish nobleman Canute Porse the Elder, but is deposed from political power in Norway.source
  • 1359Upon the death of Erik Magnusson, his claims to the Swedish throne die with him, and power is restored undivided to his father, King Magnus. With this unexpected death of Erik Magnusson, a previous promise to give Helsingborg to Denmark was reneged on by Magnus IV Eriksson. But Valdemar IV Atterdag was far too ambitious a ruler to have his plan to reassemble the Danish kingdom fall into pieces, and so he proceeded to invade Scania the next year with his mercenary army.source
  • 1399Egyptian prince Saad al-Din bin Ghurab becomes the Amir al-umara of Egypt.source
  • 1404The formal coronation of Owain Glyndŵr as Prince of Wales takes place at Harlech.source
  • 1444James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond, held a meeting of the Great Council at Drogheda.source
  • 1446Lidköping gets its charter, and thus qualifies as one of the now defunct Cities of Sweden.source
  • 1455In what is now the nation of Kosovo, the city of Prizren is captured from the Serbian Despotate by the Ottoman Turkish invaders.source
  • 1481The papal bull Aeterni Regis grants Portugal first option to all newly conquered African and Asian lands south of the Canary Islands to Portugal.source
  • 1503Murad, the last Sultan of Aq Qoyunlu in modern-day eastern Turkey fights the Safavid King of Persia, Ismail I in a battle near the city of Hamadan, and suffers 10,000 casualties, including his commander Güzel Ahmad.source
  • 1505Piers Butler, future 8th Earl of Ormond appointed seneschal of Tipperary Libertysource
  • 1511in Spain, Queen Queen Joanna of Castile creates the Consulate of the Sea for the port of Bilbao.source
  • 1526Parliament declares the young King James V of age to rule. A council of guardians of regency for the young king is formed, including Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell.source
  • 1529War of the League of Cognac – Battle of Landriano: French forces in northern Italy are decisively defeated by Spain.source
  • 1529The French army is defeated at the Battle of Landriano in Italy, as part of the War of the League of Cognac.source
  • 1529King Henry VIII and Queen consort Catherine of Aragon appear in person before the Blackfriars court, with Catherine making a pathetic display before the court and her husband, and the king making a speech about his uneasiness about his marriage.source
  • 1547The apparition of Mary, mother of Jesus is seen by several women in the Sicilian city of Alcamo. She becomes the patron saint of the city and is celebrated as the Madonna of Miracles (la Madonna dei Miracoli)source
  • 1553Under threats from the Duke of Northumberland, the devise by King Edward to make Jane Grey the heir to the throne is signed by over 100 prominent persons.source
  • 1580June 21 (8 Cemazi ul-evvel 988 AH) – England signs a commercial treaty with the Ottoman Empire, and Sultan Murad III sends a letter to Queen Elizabeth I informing her, "Just as the merchants of Poland and France and Venice come and go, the merchants of your domain also shall bring wares to our Well-Protected Domains and take away wares." In return, Murad III is able to purchase English metals (iron, brass and tin) for his war with Iran.source
  • 1591Wedding of Lilias Murray and John Grant of Freuchie at Tullibardine Castle.source
  • 1615The Peace of Asti is concluded between the Spanish Empire and Savoy.source
  • 1619Dulwich College founded by Edward Alleyn, in Dulwich, London.source
  • 1642The King's Answer, rejecting the Nineteen Propositions, is read in Parliament.source
  • 1656Poland's capital, Warsaw, is recaptured by Poland's John II Casimir Vasa 11 months after the capital had fallen on July 25, 1655 to Sweden.source
  • 1662The Pierce baronets British nobility title is created.source
  • 1667June 19–24 – The raid on the Medway in England is carried out when a fleet from the Dutch Republic under Admiral Michiel de Ruyter takes Sheerness fort, sails up the River Medway, raids Chatham Dockyard, and tows away the royal flagship The Royal Charles.source
  • 1675Reconstruction of St Paul's Cathedral begins in London under the direction of Christopher Wren, to replace the portion destroyed by the Great Fire of London nine years earlier.source
  • 1675reconstruction of St Paul's Cathedral in London under Christopher Wren begins to replace that destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666.source
  • 1686judgement in the case of Godden v. Hales affirms the king's power to exercise his dispensing powers granting exemptions from anti-Catholic legislation. Heneage Finch is dismissed as Solicitor General for his refusal to defend the king's case.source
  • 1698John Churchill, Earl of Marlborough is reinstated in the English Army, with readmission to the Privy Council by King William III. On July 26, he is selected as one of the Lords Justice.source
  • 1701title of Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of Scotland created in favour of Archibald Campbell.source
  • 1733The post of Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire is combined with that of Custos Rotulorum of Denbighshire.source
  • 1734In Montreal, New France, a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is tortured then hanged by the French authorities for allegedly setting a fire that destroyed part of the city.source
  • 1737the Licensing Act requires plays to be submitted to the Lord Chamberlain for censorship and reduces the number of legitimate theatres.source
  • 1737In Britain, the Theatrical Licensing Act requires plays to be submitted to the Lord Chamberlain for censorship.source
  • 1752Pickawillany (now Piqua, Ohio), the capital of the Miami Indian nation, is attacked and burned by Odawa, Ojibwe and French soldiers under the command of Odawa War Chief Charles Michel de Langlade.source
  • 1764Humphrey Edwards, physician, begins a voyage round the world as physician on HMS Tamar.source
  • 1764The English-language Quebec Gazette is established in Quebec City, Canada (the oldest surviving newspaper in North America).source
  • 1765The Isle of Man is brought under British control, the Isle of Man Purchase Act (coming into force 10 May) confirming HM Treasury's purchase of the feudal rights of the Dukes of Atholl, as Lord of Mann over the island, and revesting them into the British Crown.source
  • 1765the Isle of Man is brought under British control, the Isle of Man Purchase Act (coming into force 10 May) confirming HM Treasury's purchase of the feudal rights of the Dukes of Atholl as Lord of Mann over the island and revesting them into the British Crown.source
  • 1773Parliament passes the Regulating Act 1773 (13 Geo. 3. c. 63) creating the office of governor general, with an advising council, to exercise political authority over the territory under British East India Company rule in India.source
  • 1777Encyclopædia Britannica Second Edition begins publication in Edinburgh.source
  • 1777Encyclopædia Britannica Second Edition begins publication in Edinburgh.source
  • 1779King Charles III of Spain issues a declaration of war against Great Britain.source
  • 1784Commutation Act reduces duties on spirits and tea, and implements window tax.source
  • 1786first woman to be burnt at the stake at Newgate Prison in London (as distinct from Tyburn or Smithfield), Phoebe Harris for coin counterfeiting. She is led to the stake past the hanged bodies of her accomplices but is allowed to be strangled before the flames are lit.source
  • 1788New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the ninth U.S. state, enabling the Constitution to go into effect. (The latter happens on March 4, 1789, when the first Congress elected under the new Constitution assembles.)source
  • 1791foundation of the Ordnance Survey to undertake official mapping.source
  • 1791The Ordnance Survey is founded in Great Britain for the production of maps.source
  • 1792Iolo Morganwg holds the first Gorsedd ceremony, at Primrose Hill in London.source
  • 1793June 20–22 – Haitian Revolution: Battle of Cap-Français – French Republican troops and black slave insurgents defeat Royalist and slave owner settlers.source
  • 1793The town of Hamilton, Massachusetts, is incorporated.source
  • 1794June 17 - June 26 – Battle of Fleurus: The Austrians and their allies are defeated by France, leading to the loss of the Austrian Netherlands.source
  • 1796Scottish explorer Mungo Park becomes the first European to reach the Niger River.source
  • 1796Scottish explorer Mungo Park becomes the first European to reach the Niger River.source
  • 1796explorer Mungo Park becomes the first European to reach the Niger River.source
  • 1804Smithson Tennant announces the discovery of the elements iridium and osmium; three days later, William Hyde Wollaston reveals to the Royal Society that he is the formerly anonymous discoverer of palladium.source
  • 1806The wedding of Prince Christian (VIII) and Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin takes place at Ludwigslust.source
  • 1814The secret Eight Articles of London are signed between the Great Powers, uniting the Low Countries under William I of the Netherlands.source
  • 1824The Vagrancy Act for the first time makes begging or sleeping in the street criminal offences in England.source
  • 1826Greek War of Independence: The attempted Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani begins.source
  • 1831The North Carolina State House and Canova's George Washington are destroyed by fire in Raleigh, North Carolina.source
  • 1834American inventor and businessman Cyrus McCormick is granted a patent for his mechanical reaper.source
  • 1836An Act of Parliament is passed, allowing the construction of the Taff Vale Railway.source
  • 1838June 20–22 - Battle of Peñacerradasource
  • 1840June 12–23 – The World Anti-Slavery Convention is organised by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, at Exeter Hall in London, England. Arguments over the exclusion of women from the convention have important ramifications for the movement for women's suffrage in the United States.source
  • 1841St. Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham is dedicated as a Roman Catholic church.source
  • 1841St. John's College, later Fordham University, is founded in The Bronx by Jesuits.source
  • 1841Fordham University is opened in The Bronx by the Society of Jesus as St. John's College.source
  • 1842Norfolk Island convict rebellionsource
  • 1843Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Gold-Bug" begins serialization in American newspapers.source
  • 1845News of the discovery of a rich body of copper ore at Burra, South Australia is published in Adelaide newspapers.source
  • 1848Wallachian Revolution of 1848: The Proclamation of Islaz is made public, and a Romanian revolutionary government led by Ion Heliade Rădulescu and Christian Tell is created.source
  • 1849Hungarian Revolution of 1848: The Russo-Austrian army, led by Julius Jacob von Haynau, defeats the Hungarians under the command of Arthur Görgey in the Battle of Pered.source
  • 1851The Immortal Game, a famous chess match, is played between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky, during a break in the first international tournament, held in London.source
  • 1852The trial of Cardinal John Henry Newman for the defamation of Giacinto Achilli opens in London. Newman is convicted on 25 June.source
  • 1854Battle of Bomarsund in Åland off the coast of Finland: British Royal Navy seaman's mate Charles Davis Lucas throws a live Russian artillery shell overboard by hand before it explodes, for which he is awarded the first Victoria Cross in 1857.source
  • 1864last public execution in Edinburgh – George Bryce, the Ratho murderer.source
  • 1870The Tianjin Massacre of 17 foreigners (mostly European Christian priests and nuns) and 40 Chinese people who had converted to Christianity, takes place in China when an angry mob attacks churches established in the city.source
  • 1877The Molly Maguires are hanged at Carbon County Prison, in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania.source
  • 1879new Roman Catholic Thurles Cathedral consecrated.source
  • 1879German chemical company Linde is founded by Carl von Linde.source
  • 1879German chemical company Linde is founded.source
  • 1879Infielder William White plays in one game for the Providence Grays and in conjecture becomes the first African American to play MLB.source
  • 1880Battle of Los Corrales: Troops of Carlos Tejedor, governor of Buenos Aires, are defeated by the National Army led by president Nicolás Avellaneda.source
  • 1886Natal – Estcourt to Ladysmith, 45 mi 21 ch.source
  • 1887Zululand becomes a British colony.source
  • 1887Jubilee Plot: Clan na Gael supporters land in Britain from the United States to commit terrorist offences.source
  • 1887The Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NZASM) is floated.source
  • 1888first published issue of the newspaper Jornal de Notíciassource
  • 1891The first long-distance transmission of alternating current is made, from the Ames power plant near Telluride, Colorado, by Lucien and Paul Nunn.source
  • 1891First long-distance transmission of alternating current by the Ames power plant near Telluride, Colorado by Lucien and Paul Nunn.source
  • 1895The Kiel Canal, connecting the North Sea to the Baltic across the base of the Jutland peninsula in Germany, is officially opened.source
  • 1895Lord Rosebery resigns as Prime Minister after defeat in a vote of no confidence in the House of Commons over the supply of cordite to the army. Lord Salisbury returns to the office on 25 June.source
  • 1898Spanish–American War: The United States captures Guam, making it the first overseas territory of the U.S.source
  • 1899"Treaty 8", the most comprehensive of the eleven Numbered Treaties, is signed between the British Crown on behalf of Canada, with various Cree groups of the First Nations, ceding 320,000 sq mi of land in the northern parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia, as well as a portion of the Northwest Territories, to the Canadian government.source
  • 1900Military governor Gen. MacArthur issues a proclamation providing amnesty to those who fought against the United States since the previous year, giving a 90-day period for them to swear an allegiance to the colonial government.source
  • 1904A special Imperial pardon is extended to all reformers of 1898, except Sun Yat-sen, Liang Qichao, and Kang Youweisource
  • 1905New York Central Railroad's 20th Century Limited train is derailed in an apparent act of sabotage, killing 21 people.source
  • 1910June 14–23 – Edinburgh Missionary Conference is held in Scotland, presided over by John Mott, launching the modern ecumenical movement and the modern missions movement.source
  • 1911RMS Olympic arrives in New York at the end of her maiden voyage.source
  • 1913HMAS Australia, commissioned at Portsmouth and sailed to Australia to become the Royal Australian Navy flagship.source
  • 1917Aubin Arsenault becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing John Mathiesonsource
  • 1919Bloody Saturday of the Winnipeg general strike: Royal North-West Mounted Police fire a volley of bullets into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two.source
  • 1920The 4.9 Ml Inglewood earthquake shakes the Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), causing more than $100,000 in damage.source
  • 1921June 15 – 29-year-old African American Bessie Coleman obtains her pilot's licence in France and becomes the first black woman to have a pilot's licence.source
  • 1921The International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB) is established as an agency of the League of Nations; it continues in this form until April 19, 1946.source
  • 1929An agreement brokered by U.S. Ambassador Dwight Whitney Morrow helps end the Cristero War in Mexico.source
  • 1929Cristero War: The Mexican government and Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres sign an agreement which allowed worship to resume in Mexico and granted three concessions to the Catholics, bringing an end to the Cristero War.source
  • 1930Trygve Reenskaug, computer scientistsource
  • 1937The coalition government of Léon Blum resigns in France.source
  • 1941Rajendra Prasad lays the foundation stone of Scindia Shipyard at Visakhapatnam.source
  • 1941Georgy Zhukov imparted via HF of waiting for important document to the staff heads of the military districtssource
  • 1943June 20–23 – The Detroit race riot of 1943 in the United States kills 34 people (25 African Americans, 9 whites), wounds hundreds more and damages and destroys property worth millions.source
  • 1948The Deutsche Mark becomes the official currency of the future Federal Republic of Germany.source
  • 1948The Manchester Baby in England becomes the first stored-program computer to successfully execute a program.source
  • 1950The port of Eilat on the Red Sea is inaugurated with the arrival a ship from Aden containing Torah scrolls and religious articles transferred from the Jewish community of Yemen to Israel.source
  • 1956Playwright Arthur Miller appears before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, D.C.source
  • 1957John Diefenbaker becomes the 13th Prime Minister of Canada.source
  • 19621961-63 Balkans Cup: Albania ties with Bulgaria 0-0 at Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tiranasource
  • 1963Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds Pope John XXIII as the 262nd pope.source
  • 1964Spain beats the Soviet Union 2–1 to win the 1964 European Nations Cup.source
  • 1968A student demonstration in front of the Jornal do Brasil ("JB") building in Rio de Janeiro ends with 28 dead and over a thousand arrested.source
  • 1970Penn Central, America's largest railroad, files for chapter 77 bankruptcy; the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy at this time.source
  • 1970Brazil defeats Italy 4–1 to win the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. As 3-times winner, they keep the Jules Rimet Trophy permanently (but it is subsequently stolen and lost).source
  • 1970Brazil defeats Italy 4–1 to win the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. It is the third time Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup.source
  • 1972June 14–23 – Hurricane Agnes kills 117 on the U.S. East Coast.source
  • 1977Bülent Ecevit, of CHP forms the new government of Turkey (40th government since the founding of the Turkish republic, but fails to receive the vote of confidence).source
  • 1978A shootout between Provisional IRA members and the British Army in Northern Ireland leaves one civilian and three IRA men dead.source
  • 19781978 Iranian Chinook shootdown: Iranian helicopters stray into Soviet airspace and are shot down.source
  • 1978An outbreak of shooting between Provisional IRA members and the British Army leaves one civilian and three IRA men dead.source
  • 1979June 9–23 – The 1979 Cricket World Cup is held in England with West Indies defeating England in the final.source
  • 1981June 20–21. First All-Polish meeting of independent publishers takes place in Warsaw. Among participating offices, are ABC (Kraków), Alternatywy (Gdańsk), 3 Maja (Warsaw), Krąg (Warsaw), Młoda Polska (Gdańsk), Spotkania (Lublin-Kraków-Warsaw), NOWa (Warsaw).source
  • 1988The Poole explosion of 1988 caused 3,500 people to be evacuated out of the town centre in the biggest peacetime evacuation the United Kingdom had seen since the World War II.source
  • 1990June 17–30 – Nelson Mandela tours North America, visiting 3 Canadian and 8 U.S. cities.source
  • 1990June 17–30 – Nelson Mandela tours North America, visiting three Canadian and eight U.S. cities.source
  • 1990The 7.4 Mw Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.source
  • 1990The 7.4 Mw Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.source
  • 1995The A3 motorway extension from Croix de Gasperich to Bonnevoie, in Luxembourg City, opens.source
  • 1997The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) plays its first game at The Great Western Forum in Los Angeles.source
  • 1999SingPost and CISCO signed an agreement to create a new certification authority for e-commerce, thereby increasing security.source
  • 2000Another earthquake hits Iceland further west than the previous quake.source
  • 2001The world's longest train is run by BHP Iron Ore between Newman and Port Hedland in Western Australia (a distance of 275 km); the train consists of 682 loaded iron ore wagons and 8 GE AC6000CW locomotives, giving a gross weight of almost 100,000 tonnes and moves 82,262 tonnes of ore; the train is 7.353 km long.source
  • 2003Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko: Boxer Lennox Lewis defends his title as heavyweight boxing champion against Vitali Klitschko.source
  • 2003The release of the novel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix becomes a worldwide cultural event and boosts the literary industry.source
  • 2004In Mojave, California, United States, SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.source
  • 2008The Princess of the Stars, a passenger ferry owned by Filipino shipping company Sulpicio Lines, capsizes and sinks off the coast of San Fernando, Romblon, at the height of Typhoon Fengshen, resulting in 814 deaths.source
  • 2009Greenland gains self-rule.source
  • 2012The Congress of Paraguay approves the impeachment of president Fernando Lugo.source
  • 2012President Fernando Lugo is impeached and removed from officesource
  • 2017The groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Mandalgovi–Ulaanbaatar Transmission Line.source
  • 2017The Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraq, is destroyed by ISIL.source
  • 2018The official opening of Gegeen Solar Power Plant in Zamyn-Üüd, Dornogovi.source
  • 2019June 20–21 – Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a state visit to North Korea. It is his first visit to the country as president and the first visit to North Korea by a Chinese leader since Hu Jintao's visit 14 years prior.source
  • 2025A bus heading from Maputsoe to Maseru crashes into a pile-up of vehicles, killing 11 people and injuring 12 others.source

Births

  • 906Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad, Saffarid emir (died 963)source
  • 1002Leo IX, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1054)source
  • 1181Huijong, Korean ruler of Goryeo (died 1237)source
  • 1226Bolesław V the Chaste, Polish nobleman (died 1279)source
  • 1521John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev (died 1580)source
  • 1528Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (died 1603)source
  • 1639Increase Mather, American minister (died 1723)source
  • 1640Abraham Mignon, Dutch golden age painter (died 1679)source
  • 1646Maria Francisca of Savoy (died 1683)source
  • 1671Christian Detlev Reventlow, Danish diplomat and military leader, brother-in-law of king Frederick IV of Denmark (died 1738)source
  • 1676Anthony Collins, English philosopher (died 1729)source
  • 1730Motoori Norinaga, Japanese philologist, scholar of the kokugaku school (died 1801)source
  • 1736Enoch Poor, American general (died 1780)source
  • 1759Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier (died 1817)source
  • 1764Sidney Smith, British admiral (died 1840)source
  • 1781Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician, physicist (died 1840)source
  • 1783Theodosia Burr Alston, First Lady of South Carolina during War of 1812, daughter of Aaron Burr (died 1813)source
  • 1795José María Pinedo, Argentinian naval commander (died 1885)source
  • 1839Machado de Assis, Brazilian author (died 1908)source
  • 1839Machado de Assis, writer and first President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (died 1908)source
  • 1859Henry Ossawa Tanner, American artist (died 1937)source
  • 1872Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is born in Tabriz.source
  • 1890Lewis H. Brereton, American aviation pioneer and air force general (died 1967)source
  • 1892Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (died 1971)source
  • 1905Jean-Paul Sartre, French existentialist (died 1980)source
  • 1913Kid Azteca, Mexican boxer (died 2002)source
  • 1953Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan (died 2007)source
  • 1967Yingluck Shinawatra, Former Thai Prime Ministersource
  • 2003Lyodra Ginting, Indonesian singersource

Deaths

  • 350Martin of Tongres, Roman Catholic bishop and saint;source
  • 866Rodulf, Frankish archbishopsource
  • 870Al-Muhtadi, Muslim caliphsource
  • 947Zhang Li, official of the Liao Dynastysource
  • 1040Fulk III of Anjou, French nobleman (born 970)source
  • 1093Ja'far ibn Abdallah al-Muqtadi, Abbasid prince, son of al-Muqtadi and Mah-i Mulksource
  • 1208Philip of Swabia, king of Germany, is assassinated in Bamberg by the German count Otto of Wittelsbach, because Philip has refused to give him his 10-year-old daughter Beatrice in marriage.source
  • 1208Philip of Swabia, king of Germany (born 1177)source
  • 1225Conrad of Krosigk, German prelate and bishopsource
  • 1305Wenceslaus II, king of Bohemia and Poland (born 1271)source
  • 1359Erik Magnusson, king of Sweden since 1356 (born 1339)source
  • 1377After a reign of more than 50 years, King Edward III of England dies at Sheen Palace in Richmond at the age of 64. His 10-year-old grandson, Prince Richard of Woodstock, succeeds to the throne as King Richard II. Richard is the son of King Edward's oldest son, Edward the Black Prince, who had died a year earlier.source
  • 1377King Edward III of England (born 1312)source
  • 1421Jean Le Maingre, marshal of France (born 1366)source
  • 1421Jean Le Maingre, soldier (born 1366)source
  • 1527Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian writer and statesman (born 1469)source
  • 1529John Skelton, English poet (born c. 1460)source
  • 1547Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (born 1485)source
  • 1582(2nd day of the sixth month, Tenshō 10) The Honnō-ji Incident occurs in Kyoto in Japan, as Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga, on the verge of unifying Japan under his rule, is assassinated following a betrayal by a rebel subject, Akechi Mitsuhide.source
  • 1582Oda Nobutada, Japanese samurai, oldest son of Nobunaga (born 1557) (forced suicide)source
  • 1582Oda Nobunaga, Japanese daimyō of the Oda Clan (born 1534) (forced suicide)source
  • 1585Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland, English nobleman and conspirator, suicide (born 1532)source
  • 1591Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian Jesuit and saint (born 1568)source
  • 1595Henrik Klasson Horn (Finnish: Henrikki Laavunpoika of Kankainen), army commander and nobleman (born 1512)source
  • 1606Derviş Mehmed Pasha is appointed the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire by Sultan Ahmed I after Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha dies of a stroke. Derviş Mehmed serves less than six months before Ahmed suddenly has him executed.source
  • 1621Thirty Years' War: Twenty-seven Czech lords are executed on the Old Town Square in Prague, as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.source
  • 1631John Smith (explorer), English soldier and colonist (born 1580)source
  • 1652Inigo Jones, English architect (born 1573)source
  • 1652Inigo Jones, architect (born 1573)source
  • 1656Maximilian van der Sandt, Dutch theologian (born 1578)source
  • 1659Afonso Mendes, Patriarch of Ethiopia (born 1579)source
  • 1734Marie-Joseph Angélique, African slavesource
  • 1734Marie-Josèphe-Angélique, accused of setting a fire in April that burned part of Montréal.source
  • 1738Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English politician (born 1674)source
  • 1738Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English politician (born 1674)source
  • 1773Jorge Juan y Santacilia, Spanish geodesist (born 1713)source
  • 1788Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher (born 1730)source
  • 1788Mathias Lunding, mayor of Copenhagen and director of the Danish Asiatic Company (born 1728)source
  • 1809Daniel Lambert, English jail keeper and animal breeder, famous for his unusually large size (born 1770)source
  • 1852Friedrich Fröbel, German pedagogue (born 1782)source
  • 1876Antonio López de Santa Anna, 11-time President of Mexico (born 1794)source
  • 1886Daniel Dunglas Home, Scottish medium (born 1833)source
  • 1908Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (born 1844)source
  • 1919Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow: Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet interned at Scapa Flow, Scotland; nine German sailors are killed.source
  • 1932Major Taylor, American cyclist (born 1878)source
  • 1940Smedley Butler, U.S. general (born 1881)source
  • 1970Sukarno, 1st President of Indonesia (born 1901)source
  • 1985Tage Erlander, 84, Swedish politician, prime minister (1946–1969), pneumonia.source