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June 8 in history

222 sourced entries recorded on June 8, from 62 CE to 2024 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 218Battle of Antioch: Elagabalus defeats, with the support of the Syrian legions, the forces of Macrinus. Macrinus flees, but is captured near Chalcedon and later executed in Cappadocia.source
  • 793Viking raiders attack the Northumbrian coast, arriving in longships from either Denmark or Norway, and sacking the monastery of Lindisfarne. Many of the monks are killed or enslaved. It is the first Viking attack on a monastery in the British Isles, although it is not the first known Viking attack in the British Isles. The first attack came in 789, when Vikings raided the settlement of Portland in Dorset.source
  • 900Edward the Elder (son of Alfred the Great) is crowned king of England at Kingston upon Thames.source
  • 907The Chu Kingdom is founded by the warlord Ma Yin (Prince of Chu) in Changsha. Present-day Hunan and Guangxi provinces (Southern China) are under his control.source
  • 979Louis V, nicknamed le Fainéant (the Do-Nothing), is crowned as the co-emperor of West Francia at Paris by his father, King Lothair. Upon Lothair's death on March 2, 986, Louis becomes the sole ruler.source
  • 1042Magnus the Good becomes king of Denmark after the death of Harthacnut. Despite a claim to the throne by Sweyn II, Magnus takes control of Denmark.source
  • 1057General Isaac Komnenos proclaims himself emperor in Paphlagonia (modern Turkey), and starts a civil war against Emperor Michael VI. He advances with a Byzantine expeditionary force towards Constantinople. At the same time, Michael sends an army against the rebels – western regiments and eastern ones (those from the Anatolic Theme and Charsianon) – to stop him.source
  • 1191Richard I arrives with 25 ships and a strong advanced guard at Acre. Upon reaching the city, he is greeted by Philip II and then sets up his camp. Richard becomes almost immediately seriously ill (called Arnaldia) and is confined to his tent. Nevertheless, he leaps into action and secretly initiates negotiations with Saladin. After having been refused a personal meeting, Richard sends a Moroccan prisoner to Saladin's camp as a sign of goodwill. Finally, Saladin accepts a three-day truce and allows his younger brother, Al-Adil, to negotiate with Richard.source
  • 1238Treaty of Stensby: The Teutonic Knights sign an agreement with King Valdemar II of Denmark ("the Conqueror"). William of Modena, Italian papal diplomat, meets Grand Master Hermann Balk and Valdemar on a Danish island, settling outstanding disputes with Denmark. The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are merged into the Teutonic Order as an autonomous branch and become known as the Livonian Order.source
  • 1287Welsh forces led by Rhys ap Maredudd revolt in Wales against King Edward I (Longshanks). Although Maredudd has assisted the English in the past, he accuses Edward of treating him unfairly over taxes. The rebels burn several towns, including Swansea and Carmarthen. They capture most of Ystrad Tywi, heartland of Deheubarth (the revolt will not be suppressed until 1288).source
  • 1306After bringing the Flemish War to a victorious conclusion, King Philip IV of France orders the silver content of new livre coins to be raised back to the 1285 level of 3.96 grams of silver, and orders the devaluation of the coins of 1303, 1304 and 1305 to one-third of their face value. The economic decree leads to rioting.source
  • 1333King Edward III of England seizes the Isle of Man from Scottish control.source
  • 1413King Ladislaus of Naples and his troops conquer and sack the city of Rome and drive out the Antipope John XXIII.source
  • 1442In China, Qian marries the 14-year-old Emperor Yingzong of Ming and becomes the primary Empress Consort.source
  • 1446After a siege of seven months, Baghdad is captured by the Sultan Jahan Shah of Qara Qoyunlu, whose forces move into what is now Iraq.source
  • 1449The Pas de la Bergère tournament, later the subject of a poem by Louis de Beauvau, finishes after six days at Tarascon on the island of Jarnègues at the estate of the Duke René of Anjou.source
  • 1450The 17th English Parliament of King Henry VI closes. Royal assent is given to several acts, including a seven-year prohibition of importation of products from the Dutch provinces of Holland, Zealand and Brabant "until English cloth may be sold there."source
  • 1493In the most well-documented surgical procedures in the 15th century, the left leg of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III is amputated. The surgery is performed at the Linz castle under the direction of the surgeon Hans Seyff.source
  • 1518The Girjalva expedition brings the first Europeans to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, arriving at what is now the Tabasco state.source
  • 1523King Francis I bans the dispatch of money from the French court to Rome and expels the papal nuncio.source
  • 1524Battle of Acajutla: Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado defeats a battalion of Pipiles, in the neighborhoods of present day Acajutla, El Salvador.source
  • 1535Battle of Bornholm: Combined Swedish and Danish fleets defeat the Hanseatic navy.source
  • 1544The Duke of Norfolk crosses the English Channel after having landed troops in Normandy.source
  • 1561the Earl of Sussex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, proclaims Shane O'Neill a traitor and begins a campaign against him which continues until 1567.source
  • 1582Siege of Takamatsu: Heavy rains and the dikes built by Hideyoshi's forces turn the area around Takamatsu Castle into a lake.source
  • 1607Newton rebellion: The Tresham landowning family kills more than 40 peasants during protests against the enclosure of common land in Newton, Northamptonshire, England, at the culmination of the Midland Revolt.source
  • 1610Jamestown: Temporary Governor Gates' convoy meets the ships of Governor Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (Delaware) at Mulberry Island.source
  • 1635Sack of Tienen by combined French-Dutch forces.source
  • 1647The Puritan rulers of England's Long Parliament pass the "Ordinance for abolishing all Holidays, and appointing other Days for Sports and Recreations for Scholars, Apprentices, and Servants, in their Room", confirming abolition of the feasts of Christmas, Easter and Whitsun, though making the second Tuesday in each month a secular holiday. The Act declares "Forasmuch as the Feasts of the Nativity of Christ, Easter, and Whitsuntide, and other Festivals, commonly called Holidays, have heretofore been superstitiously used and observed; be it ordained, That the said Feasts and Festivals be no loner observed within England and Wales."source
  • 1657the Parliament of England passes the Act of Settlement for the Assuring, Confirming and Settling of lands and estates in Ireland, confirming legal arrangements made under the Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652.source
  • 1663The Portuguese and some English auxiliaries defeat the Spanish Army in the Battle of Ameixial.source
  • 1676Norwegian forces led by Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve invades Bohuslen from Norway.source
  • 1682The English trading freighter Johanna is wrecked off of the coast of South Africa with the loss of 10 of her 114 crew, becoming the first of Britain's East India Company fleet to be lost.source
  • 16888 June ("Black Friday") – the Seven Bishops are imprisoned in the Tower of London prior to trial for seditious libel.source
  • 1690Siddi general Yadi Sakat razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai.source
  • 1692During a famine in Mexico City, an angry mob torches the Viceroy's palace and ignites the archives; most of the documents and some paintings are saved by royal geographer Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora.source
  • 1700June 8 (May 28 O.S.) – The legislature for the Province of Massachusetts Bay (the modern-day Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States) passes into law "An Act against Jesuits & Popish Priests" making a finding that Roman Catholic clerics have attempted to incite American Indians into a rebellion against the Crown, and declaring "That all and every Jesuit, Seminary Priest, Missionary, or other Spiritual or Ecclesiastical Person made or ordained by any Authority, Power or Jurisdiction derived, challenged or pretended from the Pope or See of Rome, now residing within this Province or any part thereof, shall depart from and out of the same, at or before the tenth day of September next, in this present year, One Thousand and Seven Hundred." The Province of New York enacts similar legislation later in the year.source
  • 1708War of the Spanish Succession: Wager's Action, a naval confrontation, takes place between a British squadron under Charles Wager and the Spanish treasure fleet off Cartagena in the Caribbean Sea. Spanish galleon San José explodes and sinks with the loss of almost all her 600 crew and an estimated 8.8 million ounces troy weight in gold; her wreck is located in 2015.source
  • 1708War of the Spanish Succession: Wager's Action, a naval confrontation, takes place between a British squadron under Charles Wager and the Spanish treasure fleet off Cartagena in the Caribbean Sea. Spanish galleon San José explodes and sinks with the loss of almost all her 600 crew and an estimated 8.8 million ounces troy weight in gold; her wreck is located in 2015.source
  • 1710The Tuscarora nation sends a petition to the Province of Pennsylvania, protesting the seizure of their lands and enslavement of their people, by citizens of the Province of Carolina.source
  • 1723The Honourable Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland is formed in Edinburgh by over 300 landowners, part of the Scottish Enlightenment.source
  • 1729The Botanic Gardens of Pamplemousses, one of the most popular tourist attractions on the island republic of Mauritius, are started by Pierre Barmond, who sets aside thousands of acres for the purpose of preservation of the islands flora. The gardens come to occupy 97 square miles or 251 square kilometers.source
  • 1736Leonhard Euler writes to James Stirling describing the Euler–Maclaurin formula, providing a disconnection between integrals and sums.source
  • 1743William Bulkeley completes the first of his diaries.source
  • 1751A great fire in Stockholm.source
  • 1758Seven Years' War – French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.source
  • 1762Cherokee Indian war chief Ostenaco and his two aides, Standing Turkey (Cunneshote) and Pouting Pigeon, are received by King George III. They had arrived three days earlier at Plymouth on the British frigate Epreuvre as guests of the Timberlake Expedition of Henry Timberlake, to discuss terms of peace with the British government.source
  • 1776American Revolution: Battle of Trois-Rivières – The invading American Continental Army is driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.source
  • 1780Henrik af Trolle is appointed general admiral and chief of the Swedish naval fleet.source
  • 1783The volcano Laki in Iceland begins an 8-month eruption, starting the chain of natural disasters known as the Móðuharðindin, killing tens of thousands throughout Europe, including up to 33% of Iceland's population, and causing widespread famine. It has been described as one of "the greatest environmental catastrophes in European history".source
  • 1789Earthquakes affect Southern Iceland.source
  • 1795George Washington submits the Jay Treaty to the United States Senate for ratification.source
  • 1802Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture is seized by French troops and imprisoned at the Fort de Joux.source
  • 1805John Macarthur returns to New South Wales as a civilian settler after the British Government accepts his resignation from the New South Wales Corps and approves his return.source
  • 1820Constitution of the German Confederationsource
  • 1826A mob of the ruling party, the Family Compact, destroy the Colonial Advocate's press at York. Wilton, Carol. William Lyon Mackenzie, publisher, prosecutes and is awarded £625 in damages.source
  • 1829Captain James Stirling founds the Swan River Colony in Western Australia, landing at Garden Island.source
  • 1841Parliamentary elections.source
  • 1847Partial legislative elections.source
  • 1848June 2–12 – The Prague Slavic Congress brings together members of the Pan-Slavism movement.source
  • 1856Pitcairn Islanders arrived on Norfolk Island; the last convict had left and the island was no longer a penal colony. Queen Victoria granted the island to the Pitcairners as a home. Bounty Day is celebrated each year in Norfolk Island to commemorate the event.source
  • 1859The discovery of the Comstock Lode in the western Utah Territory sets off the Rush to Washoe.source
  • 1859The discovery of the Comstock Lode in the western Utah Territory (present-day Nevada) sets off a rush of prospectors to the area.source
  • 1862Battle of Cross Keys – Confederate troops under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union Army attack on the James Peninsula that is led by General George B. McClellan.source
  • 1866The Parliament of Canada meets for the first time in Ottawa.source
  • 1870The final splice on the first telegraph submarine cable between Great Britain and India is made.source
  • 1880Partial legislative elections of 1880source
  • 1887Herman Hollerith receives a U.S. patent for his punched card calculator.source
  • 1901Customs depot in Antwerp burns outsource
  • 1906Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the president to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.source
  • 1914The Brazilian Football Confederation is founded, with Álvaro Zamith as its first president. The Brazilian Olympic Committee is founded on the same day.source
  • 1914The Brazilian Football Confederation is founded, with Álvaro Zamith as its first president. The Brazilian Olympic Committee is founded on the same day.source
  • 1917Speculator Mine disaster: A fire at the Granite Mountain and Speculator ore mine, outside Butte, Montana, kills at least 168 workers.source
  • 1917Speculator Mine disaster: a fire at the Granite Mountain and Speculator ore mine outside Butte, Montana kills 168 workers.source
  • 1918V603 Aquilae, the brightest nova observed since Kepler's of 1604, is discovered.source
  • 1918The total solar eclipse of June 8, 1918 crosses the United States from Washington State to Florida.source
  • 1924British mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine are last seen "going strong for the top" of Mount Everest by teammate Noel Odell at 12:50 P.M. They are never seen alive again.source
  • 1924George Mallory and Andrew Irvine are last seen "going strong for the top" of Mount Everest by teammate Noel Odell at 12:50 PM. The two mountaineers are never seen alive again.source
  • 1924June 7–16 – Rudolf Steiner delivers his Agriculture Course at Koberwitz beginning of the organic agriculture movement.source
  • 1924Campeonato de Portugal Final, in Lisbonsource
  • 1928By seizing Beijing and renaming it Běipíng, the National Revolutionary Army puts an end to the 'Fengtian warlords' Beiyang government there.source
  • 1929Ramsay MacDonald forms the United Kingdom's second Labour government.source
  • 1930In a coup d'état by parliament, King Carol II takes the throne.source
  • 1937The Dáil Éireann passes the Executive Authority (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937, which abolishes the office of Governor-General of the Irish Free State, retrospectively dated to December 1936.source
  • 1937The first total solar eclipse to exceed 7 minutes of totality, in over 800 years, is visible in the Pacific and Peru.source
  • 1938Tokyo Film Production, as predecessor of Toei was founded.source
  • 1945The Progressive Party was established.source
  • 1946In Indonesia, Sukarno incites his supporters to fight Dutch colonial occupation.source
  • 1949Second Red Scare in the United States: Celebrities including Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named as Communist Party members in a Federal Bureau of Investigation report.source
  • 1949George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is published in London.source
  • 1950Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Field Marshal in Australian history.source
  • 1953June 7–9 – Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A single storm-system spawns 46 tornadoes of various sizes, in 10 states from Colorado to Massachusetts, over 3 days, killing 246.source
  • 1953On the second day of the Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence, a tornado kills 116 in Flint, Michigan; it will be the last to claim more than 100 lives, until the 2011 Joplin tornado.source
  • 1956Lim Yew Hock became the second Chief Minister of Singapore.source
  • 1956General Electric/Telechron introduces model 7H241 "The Snooz Alarm", the first snooze alarm clock ever.source
  • 19572 Israeli civilians, Daniel Agron, son of Jerusalem mayor Gershon Agron, and future MK Avraham Katz were injured when their vehicle drove over a landmine near Nahal Oz.source
  • 1959The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.source
  • 1963Haim Boger (born 1876), Russian (Crimea)-born Zionist activist and Israeli politician.source
  • 1966A North American XB-70 Valkyrie strategic bomber prototype is destroyed in a mid-air collision with an F-104 Starfighter chase plane during a photo shoot. NASA pilot Joseph A. Walker and USAF test pilot Carl Cross are both killed.source
  • 19661966 Topeka tornado: Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale, the first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed, and the campus of Washburn University suffers catastrophic damage.source
  • 1967Egypt severs diplomatic relations with the United States.source
  • 1967USS Liberty incident: a United States Navy spy ship is attacked by Israeli forces, allegedly in error, killing 34 crew.source
  • 1969U.S. President Richard Nixon and South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu meet at Midway Island. Nixon announces that 25,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn by September.source
  • 1969Francisco Franco orders the closing of the Gibraltar–Spain border and communications between Gibraltar and Spain in response to the 1967 Gibraltar sovereignty referendum. The border remains closed until a partial reopening on December 15, 1982.source
  • 1970A coup in Argentina brings a new junta of service chiefs; on June 18, Roberto M. Levingston becomes President.source
  • 1972Vietnam War: Associated Press photographer Nick Ut takes his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a naked nine-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc running down a road after being burned by napalm.source
  • 1972Seven men and three women hijack a plane from Czechoslovakia to West Germany.source
  • 1972June 5–16 – The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment is held in Stockholm, Swedensource
  • 1982The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in six games to win the 1982 NBA Finals.source
  • 1982Falklands War: British supply ship RFA Sir Galahad is destroyed during the Bluff Cove Air Attackssource
  • 1982VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727 passenger jet, crashes into a forest hillside in Fortaleza in Brazil, killing 137.source
  • 1982A Boeing 727 plane, flying VASP 168, crashes in the Serra da Aratanha, near Pacatuba, Ceará, killing all 137 occupants. This would become the biggest air accident in the history of Brazilian aviation until 2006.source
  • 1984An F5 tornado nearly destroys the town of Barneveld, Wisconsin, killing nine people, injuring nearly 200, and causing over $25,000,000 in damage.source
  • 1986Former United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim is elected president of Austria.source
  • 1987The New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act is passed, the first of its kind in the world.source
  • 1989June 1–10 – Pope John Paul II visits Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Sweden.source
  • 1989The wreck of German battleship Bismarck, which was sunk in 1941, is located about 600 mi west of Brest, France.source
  • 1990June 7–8 – 1990 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Churchsource
  • 1990The 1990 FIFA World Cup begins in Italy. This was the first broadcast of digital HDTV in history; Europe would not begin HDTV broadcasting en masse until 2004.source
  • 1992June 3–14 – The Earth Summit is held in Rio de Janeiro.source
  • 1992The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.source
  • 1993Kurdish–Turkish conflict: the PKK-declared ceasefire ends in Iraq.source
  • 1993Securities and Exchange Commission (Bangladesh), the regulator of the capital market of Bangladesh, was established under the Securities and Exchange Commission Act, 1993.source
  • 1994June 6–8 – Ceasefire negotiations for the Yugoslav War begin in Geneva; they agree to a one-month cessation of hostilities (which does not last more than a few days).source
  • 1996June 8–30 – England hosts the UEFA Euro 1996 football tournament, which is won by Germany.source
  • 1997Queen Jadwiga of Poland was canonized by Pope John Paul II in Kraków.source
  • 1998The DeBruce Grain Elevator explosion in Wichita, Kansas kills 7.source
  • 1999The government of Colombia announces it will include the estimated value of the country's illegal drug crops, exceeding half a billion US dollars, in its gross national product.source
  • 2002The Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson boxing fight takes place. Following a scuffle prior to the match, Lennox Lewis defeats Mike Tyson.source
  • 2002Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad visits Vatican City and meets Pope John Paul II for the first time.source
  • 2003June 8-10: A failed military coup attempted to overthrow the President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya.source
  • 2004A transit of Venus occurs.source
  • 2007Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah is ordained Archbishop of Lomésource
  • 2012UEFA Euro 2012, hosted by Poland and Ukraine, begins in Warsaw, with a match between Poland and Greece, which ends 1-1.source
  • 2012Jamaican "drug lord" Christopher "Dudus" Coke is sentenced to 23 years in a U.S. prison.source
  • 20152015 Ecuadorian protests: Public protests escalate against the government of Rafael Correa.source
  • 2016Police open fire on student protesters at the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby, protesting against Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, killing four and leaving another seven injured. Police deny the deaths and claim they only used tear gas. A court grants an injunction barring students from protesting on campus while thousands protest and boycott classes calling for O'Neill's resignation over corruption allegations.source
  • 2017A snap general election is held in the United Kingdom, three years before the next was due, resulting in a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Theresa May, losing their majority in Parliament. The Labour Party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, makes gains for the first time since 1997. Days later, the Conservative Party, now lacking a majority, enters a confidence-and-supply deal with the Northern Ireland loyalist party DUP.source
  • 2018Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announces its closing seven mosques and could expel up to 40 imams from the country. the mosques were accused of preaching Salafi positions and they were funded by turkey.source
  • 2018June 8–9 – The 44th G7 summit is held in Canada. President Trump pushes for the reinstatement of the G8 (to include Russia). He also proposes the elimination of tariffs.source
  • 2018NCGUB was officially delisted as a terrorist group and unlawful association, along with its members by Ministry of Home Affairs.source
  • 2019The People's Party for Democracy and Development was founded.source
  • 20222022 South Khorasan train derailment: In Iran, a passenger train derailed travelling from Tabas to Yazd crashed into an excavator and derailed, killing 18 and injuring 87.source
  • 2023Heavy rainfall in Savai'i, causes widespread flooding and infrastructure damage.source
  • 2024June 6–9 – The 2024 European Parliament election is held. The EPP, of incumbent Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, retains its status as the largest group in parliament amid notable gains by far-right political groups.source

Births

  • 862Xi Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (died 888)source
  • 1236Violant of Aragon, queen consort of Castile (died 1301)source
  • 1332Cangrande II della Scala, Lord of Verona (died 1359)source
  • 1508June 8 or June 9 – Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer who lays the foundations for the Slovenian written language (died 1586)source
  • 1521Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu, daughter of King Manuel I (died 1577)source
  • 1552Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (died 1638)source
  • 1593George I Rákóczi, Hungarian prince of Transylvania (died 1648)source
  • 1623Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni, Italian Catholic cardinal (died 1698)source
  • 1625Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian astronomer and engineer (died 1712)source
  • 1671Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (died 1751)source
  • 1724John Smeaton, English civil engineer (died 1792)source
  • 1727Thomas Morgan (of Rhiwpera), politician (died 1771)source
  • 1745Caspar Wessel, mathematician (died 1818)source
  • 1788Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (died 1869)source
  • 1810Robert Schumann, German composer and pianist (died 1856)source
  • 1813David Dixon Porter, American admiral (died 1891)source
  • 1829Sir John Everett Millais, British Pre-Raphaelite painter (died 1896)source
  • 1867Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (died 1959)source
  • 1916Francis Crick, English molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 2004)source
  • 1921Suharto, President of Indonesia (died 2008)source
  • 1933Joan Rivers, American actress, comedian, and television host (died 2014)source
  • 1941George Pell, Australian cardinal (died 2023)source
  • 1977Kanye West, American rapper and record producersource

Deaths

  • 62Claudia Octavia, wife of Nero (possibly executed) (born AD 40)source
  • 218Macrinus, Roman emperor (born 165)source
  • 632Muhammad, Islamic Prophet (born 570)source
  • 632Muhammad dies at Medina at the age of 63, after an illness and fever.source
  • 632Muhammad dies in Medina, at the age of 62, and is succeeded by Abu Bakr who becomes the first caliph (vicegerent of the messenger of God). He establishes the Rashidun Caliphate until 661.source
  • 951Zhao Ying, Chinese chancellor (born 885)source
  • 1042Harthacnut, king of Denmark and Englandsource
  • 1042King Harthacnut collapses and dies while attending a party. His half-brother Edward the Confessor becomes king of England.source
  • 1104Duqaq, Seljuk ruler of Damascussource
  • 1154William of York, English archbishopsource
  • 1254Robert of Nantes, Latin patriarch of Jerusalemsource
  • 1257Simon of Elmham, English prior and bishop-electsource
  • 1288Lope Díaz III, Spanish nobleman and knight (born 1245)source
  • 1290Beatrice Portinari, muse of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, dies in Florence. In his Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia), he transforms his memory of Beatrice into an allegory of divine love.source
  • 1290Beatrice Portinari, Italian muse of Dante (born 1266)source
  • 1351Édouard I de Beaujeu, Marshal of France, Lord of Beaujeu and Montpensiersource
  • 1376Edward the Black Prince, son of King Edward III of England (born 1330)source
  • 1383Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (born 1338)source
  • 1384Kan'ami, Japanese actor and playwright (born 1333)source
  • 1405Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV's orders.source
  • 1405Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York, executed in York (born c.1350)source
  • 1405Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk, English rebel, executed in York (born 1385)source
  • 1476George Neville, English archbishop and statesman (born c. 1432)source
  • 1492Elizabeth Woodville, the last living Yorkist queen consort, dies in England.source
  • 1492Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of Edward IV of England (born 1437)source
  • 1501George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly, Earl of Huntly and Lord Chancellor of Scotland (born 1440)source
  • 1505Hongzhi Emperor of China (born 1470)source
  • 1612Hans Leo Hassler, German composer (born 1562)source
  • 1628Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (born 1547)source
  • 1651Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shōgun (born 1604)source
  • 1658Sir Henry Slingsby, 1st Baronet, English baronet (born 1602)source
  • 1675John Sassamon's alleged murderers are executed at Plymouth, Massachusetts.source
  • 1707Less than three months after proclaiming himself to be the new Emperor of India, Muhammad Azam Shah and his three sons are killed in a battle by his troops led by his half-brother Muhammad Mu'azzamsource
  • 1707Muhammad Azam Shah, Mughal emperor (born 1653)source
  • 1714Electress Sophia of Hanover, heir to the throne of Great Britain (born 1630)source
  • 1727August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (born 1663)source
  • 1768Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German classical scholar, archaeologist (born 1717)source
  • 1771George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (born 1716)source
  • 1795Titular King Louis XVII of France (born 1785)source
  • 1795Louis XVII, Prince Royal and titular King of France, dies in captivity in the Temple (Paris) and will be buried in an unmarked grave. The heir to the French throne, his uncle Louis XVIII, succeeds him as titular king (he will become the actual king on April 6, 1814). On June 28, the French republican government announces the death, due to mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis (many doubt the statement).source
  • 1801Thomas Vasse, French sailorsource
  • 1809Thomas Paine, American revolutionary writer (born 1737)source
  • 1809Thomas Paine, political activist, philosopher, Founding Father of the United States and author of Common Sense (born 1737 in Great Britain)source
  • 1831Sarah Siddons, English actress (born 1755)source
  • 1845Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (born 1767)source
  • 1845Former U.S. President Andrew Jackson, 78, dies at The Hermitage (Nashville, Tennessee).source
  • 1846Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss author, painter, and caricature artist (born 1799)source
  • 1876George Sand, French writer (born 1804)source
  • 1878Rafael Valentín Valdivieso (born 1804)source
  • 1880Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse), Empress Consort of Czar Alexander II of Russia (born 1824)source
  • 1889Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (born 1844)source
  • 1913Emily Davison, English suffragette (born 1872)source
  • 1964Carlos Quintanilla, 76, 37th president of Bolivia (born 1888)source
  • 1982Satchel Paige, 75, American professional baseball pitcher who played in both Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB), his professional career lasted from 1926 until 1966, and he retired two weeks prior to his 60th birthday, heart attack during a power failure at his home.source