Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jun 1, 4000 BC |
Approximate domestication of the horse in the Eurasian steppes near Dereivka, central Ukraine (hypothesis only) |
Jun 1, 193 |
Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated. |
Jun 1, 794 |
Charles the Great opens general synod in Frankfurt |
Jun 1, 1204 |
King Philip Augustus of France conquers Rouen. |
Jun 1, 1215 |
Beijing, then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Beijing. |
Jun 1, 1283 |
Albrecht I van Habsburg becomes ruler of Austrian/Bull market |
Jun 1, 1283 |
Treaty of Rheinfelden: Duke Rudolph II of Austria waives his right to the Duchies of Austria and Styria. |
Jun 1, 1459 |
Pope Pius II opens congress of Mantua |
Jun 1, 1485 |
Matthias of Hungary takes Vienna from Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III |
Jun 1, 1495 |
First written record of Scotch Whisky appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller |
Jun 1, 1526 |
Parliament of Spiers: Lutheran monarchy freed of their belief |
Jun 1, 1533 |
Anne Boleyn crowned queen of England |
Jun 1, 1562 |
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I & Sultan Suleiman signs treaty |
Jun 1, 1568 |
Duke of Alva oversees beheading of 18 nobles in Brussels as part of Council of Troubles/Council of Blood |
Jun 1, 1608 |
Valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-government |
Jun 1, 1638 |
1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Mass |
Jun 1, 1641 |
France & Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant |
Jun 1, 1649 |
Russian Tsar Alexis throws English merchants out of Moscow |
Jun 1, 1657 |
1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (NY) |
Jun 1, 1660 |
Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
Jun 1, 1670 |
English King Charles II & French King Louis XIV sign secret anti-Dutch treaty |
Jun 1, 1676 |
Battle of Öland - a naval battle between allied Danish-Dutch and Swedish fleets in the Baltic Sea, part of the Scanian War (1675—79) for supremacy over the southern Baltic. Allied victory, two Swedish commanders killed. |
Jun 1, 1679 |
The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog. |
Jun 1, 1746 |
French troops conquer Antwerp |
Jun 1, 1774 |
Boston Port Bill: British government orders Port of Boston closed |
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