Today in History on This Day in History This Day in History for Friday 21st June 2013 Events 1 - 15 of 184 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. 996 - Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas 1128 - Battle of Akspoele: earl Willem of Normandy beats Diederik 1498 - Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian 1529 - Battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France 1547 - Great fire in Moscow 1572 - Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda 1582 - The Incident at Honnō-ji takes place in Kyoto, Japan. 1607 - 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown 1633 - Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views 1661 - Treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty 1667 - Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England 1672 - Dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded 1672 - French troops under king Louis XIV occupy Utrecht 1684 - King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter
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