Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
67831June 13Death2014 – Robert Peters, American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1924)
67832June 13Death2014 – Richard Rockefeller, American physician (b. 1949)
67833June 13Death2015 – Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1917)
67834June 13Death2015 – Magnus Härenstam, Swedish actor, screenwriter, and television host (b. 1941)
67835June 13Death2015 – Drs. P, Swiss-Dutch singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1919)
67836June 13Death2015 – Sergio Renán, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
67837June 13Death2015 – Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (b. 1940)
67838June 13Holiday and observanceChristian feast day:Anthony of Padua, Doctor of the ChurchG.K. Chesterton (Episcopal Church (USA))Blessed Thomas WoodhouseCetteusJune 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
67839June 13Holiday and observanceInventors' Day (Hungary)
67840June 13Holiday and observanceSuleimaniah City Fallen and Martyrs Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
67841June 14Event827 – Conquest of Sicily: An Muslim expedition (10,00 men) under Asad ibn al-Furat lands in Sicily and defeats the Byzantines near Mazara.
67842June 14Event1158 – Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar.
67843June 14Event1216 – First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France captures the city of Winchester and soon conquers over half of the Kingdom of England.
67844June 14Event1276 – While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song.
67845June 14Event1285 – Second Mongol invasion of Vietnam: Forces led by Prince Trần Quang Khải of the Trần dynasty destroy most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong.
67846June 14Event1287 – Kublai Khan defeats the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria.
67847June 14Event1381 – Richard II of England meets leaders of Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.
67848June 14Event1404 – Welsh rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allies himself with the French against King Henry IV of England.
67849June 14Event1618 – Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. in Amsterdam (approximate date).
67850June 14Event1645 – English Civil War: Battle of Naseby – 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
67851June 14Event1667 – The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ends. It had lasted for five days and resulted in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
67852June 14Event1690 – King William III of England (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former King James II.
67853June 14Event1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
67854June 14Event1777 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.
67855June 14Event1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open boat.
67856June 14Event1789 – Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
67857June 14Event1800 – The French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy.
67858June 14Event1807 – Emperor Napoleon's French Grande Armée defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
67859June 14Event1821 – Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
67860June 14Event1822 – Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables".

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