On this day in history: 21st June: 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. 230 - St Pontianus begins his reign as Catholic Pope 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler. 365 - Crete Earthquake followed by tsunami around the Eastern Mediterranean allegedly destroys Alexandria 866 - John appointed bishop of the kingdom 905 - Holy Roman Catholic emperor Louis III captured 976 - Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria 1542 - Pope Paul III begins inquisition against Protestants (Sactum Officium) 1545 - The first landing of French troops onto the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight occurs. 1568 - Battle at Jemmingen: Alvas troops beat Dutch rebellion 1579 - Mechelen surrenders to Duke of Parma 1588 - First engagement between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada off the Eddystone Rocks 1595 - Alvara Mendana discovers Marquesas Island 1669 - John Lockes Constitution of English colony Carolina approved 1718 - The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed. 1730 - States of Holland put death penalty on sodomy 1749 - Pieter Steyn becomes pension advisor of Holland 1773 - Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits 1774 - Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774: Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji ending the war. 1798 - Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt 1825 - Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics 1831 - Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king 1866 - Cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London 1884 - 1st Test Cricket match played at Lords 1897 - Tate Gallery opens in England 1898 - Spain cedes Guam to USA 1900 - Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite 1904 - After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed 1919 - Anthony Fokkers establishes airplane factory at Hamburg & Amsterdam 1933 - Haifa Harbor in Palestine opens 1940 - Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania 1940 - VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands 1941 - 200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine 1941 - Himmler orders building of Majdanek concentration camp 1944 - British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery 1944 - General Koiso becomes premier of Japan 1944 - Von Kluge warns Hitler of impending collapse of front in Normandy 1946 - Jesus T Pinerol becomes 1st native born Puerto Rican governor 1947 - Indonesia begins 1st political election
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