400 Historic Events for June 21
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| 524 |
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Battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France
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| 524 |
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Chlodomir, king of the France to Orl‚ans (511-24), dies at about 28
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| 996 |
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Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas
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| 1002 |
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Leo IX, [Bruno count of Egesheim and Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54)
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| 1128 |
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Battle of Akspoele: earl Willem of Normandy beats Diederik
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| 1208 |
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Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies
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| 1377 |
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Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies
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| 1498 |
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Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian
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| 1527 |
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Niccol• Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57
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| 1529 |
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John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69
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| 1529 |
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Battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France
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| 1547 |
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Great fire in Moscow
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| 1572 |
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Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda
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| 1573 |
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Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle
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| 1577 |
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Giovanni Del Turco, composer
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| 1591 |
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Aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies
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| 1596 |
Birth |
Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov
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| 1607 |
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1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown
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| 1633 |
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Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, and detest" his Copernican heliocentric views
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| 1640 |
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Abraham Mignon, still life painter
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| 1661 |
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Treaty of Kardis: Russia and Sweden sign peace treaty
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| 1667 |
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Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England
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| 1668 |
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Cajetan Kolberer, composer
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| 1672 |
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French troops under king Louis XIV occupy Utrecht
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| 1672 |
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Dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded
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