This day in History - June 1

463 Historic Events for June 1
193 Death Didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61
794 Event Charles the Great opens general synod in Frankfurt
1191 Death Philips van de Elzas, count of Vlanderen, dies
1283 Event Albrecht I van Habsburg becomes ruler of Austrian/Bull market
1340 Death Jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies
1434 Death Jagiello, King of Lithuania/Poland, dies
1459 Event Pope Pius II opens congress of Mantua
1495 Event 1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller
1503 Birth Wilhelm von Grumbach, German lt col
1526 Event Parliament of Spiers: Lutheran monarchy freed of their belief
1533 Event Anna Boleyn crowned queen of England
1549 Birth Allesandre Spontone, composer
1557 Death Joƒo III, King of Portugal (1521-57), dies at 54
1562 Event Emperor Ferdinand and Sultan Suleiman signs treaty
1563 Birth Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English prime minister (1598-1612)
1568 Death Gijsbert van Bronkhorst-Batenburg, calvinist leader, beheaded
1568 Event Duke van Alva beheads 18 nobles in Brussels
1568 Death Duke of Alva, and 18 nobles, beheaded
1608 Event Valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-govt
1611 Birth Felician Schwab, composer
1625 Death Honor‚ d'urf‚, French writer (L'astr‚e), dies at 67
1638 Event 1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Mass
1641 Event France and Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant
1649 Event Czar Aleksei throws out English merchants from Moscow
1653 Birth Georg Muffat, composer