Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
68671June 15Holiday and observanceDay of Valdemar and Reunion Day (Flag Day) (Denmark)
68672June 15Holiday and observanceEngineer's Day (Italy)
68673June 15Holiday and observanceGlobal Wind Day (international)
68674June 15Holiday and observanceMangaia Gospel Day (Mangaia, Cook Islands)
68675June 15Holiday and observanceNational Salvation Day (Azerbaijan)
68676June 15Holiday and observanceStatehood Day (Arkansas)
68677June 16Event363 – Emperor Julian marches back up the Tigris and burns his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal Roman forces suffered several attacks from the Persians.
68678June 16Event632 – Yazdegerd III ascends to the throne as king (shah) of the Persian Empire. He becomes the last ruler of the Sasanian dynasty (modern Iran).
68679June 16Event1407 – Ming–Hồ War: Retired King Hồ Quý Ly and his son King Hồ Hán Thương of Hồ dynasty are captured by the Ming armies.
68680June 16Event1487 – Battle of Stoke Field, the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.
68681June 16Event1586 – Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.
68682June 16Event1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the French Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia (Old Style).
68683June 16Event1746 – War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
68684June 16Event1755 – French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
68685June 16Event1774 – Foundation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
68686June 16Event1779 – Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
68687June 16Event1795 – First Battle of Groix otherwise known as "Cornwallis' Retreat".
68688June 16Event1815 – Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
68689June 16Event1816 – At the Villa Diodati, Lord Byron reads Fantasmagoriana to his four house guests — Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, and John Polidori — and challenges each guest to write a ghost story, which culminates in Mary Shelley writing the nove
68690June 16Event1836 – The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
68691June 16Event1846 – The Papal conclave of 1846 elects Pope Pius IX, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
68692June 16Event1858 – Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
68693June 16Event1858 – The Battle of Morar takes place during the Indian Mutiny.
68694June 16Event1871 – The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
68695June 16Event1883 – The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children.
68696June 16Event1884 – The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
68697June 16Event1891 – John Abbott becomes Canada's third Prime Minister.
68698June 16Event1897 – A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
68699June 16Event1903 – The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
68700June 16Event1903 – Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage, leaving Oslo, Norway.

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