Events on Jun 1

• 0794Charles the Great opens general synod in Frankfurt
• 1283Albrecht I van Habsburg becomes ruler of Austrian / Bull market
• 1459Pope Pius II opens Congress of Mantua
• 14951st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller
• 1526Parliament of Spiers: Lutheran monarchy freed of their belief
• 1533Anna Boleyn crowned Queen of England
• 1562Emperor Ferdinand and Sultan Suleiman signs treaty
• 1568Duke van Alva beheads 18 nobles in Brussels
• 1608Valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-Government
• 16381st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Massachusetts
• 1641France and Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant
• 1649Czar Aleksei throws out English merchants from Moscow
• 16571st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (NY)
• 1679Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish
• 1746French troops conquer Antwerp
• 1774Boston Port Bill: British government orders Port of Boston closed
• 17891st US Congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths)
• 1792Kentucky admitted as 15th US state
• 1794English fleet under Richard Earl Howe defeats French
• 1796Tennessee admitted as 16th US state
• 18081st US land-grant university founded-Ohio Univ, Athens, Ohio
• 1834HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street
• 18356th national black convention (Philadelphia)
• 1836Charles Darwin returns to Cape Town
• 1843It snows in Buffalo and Rochester New York and Cleveland Ohio
• 1843Sojourner Truth leaves New York to begin her career as antislavery activist
• 1845Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days
• 1855US adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery
• 18611st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Virginia
• 1861British territorial waters and ports off-limits during Civil War

Born on Jun 1

• 1503Wilhelm von Grumbach: German lt col
• 1549Allesandre Spontone: Composer
• 1563Robert Cecil: Earl of Salisbury, English Prime Minister (1598-1612)
• 1611Felician Schwab: Composer
• 1653Georg Muffat: Composer
• 1679Johan Runius: Swedish poet (Dudaim)
• 1755Frederico Fiorillo: Italian violist / composer
• 1757Ignaz J Pleyel: Austria -- Composer / piano builder (Piano method)
• 1763Christian Gottlob Saupe: Composer
• 1765Christiane Vulpius: Wife of Johann W von Goethe
• 1765Friedrich Ludwig Seidel: Composer
• 1769Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner: Composer
• 1771Ferdinando Paer: Composer
• 1776John George Schetky: Composer
• 1780Karl von Clausewitz: Prussian strategist
• 1790Salomon J Rappoport: Czechoslovakia -- Rabbi / learned (Ereg miliem)
• 1804Mikhail Ivan Glinka: Novosspaskoye, Russia -- Composer (Jota Aragonesa)
• 1806John Buchanan Floyd: Ex-Secretary of War (Union), died in 1863
• 1825John Hunt Morgan: Brigadier General (Confederate cavalry commander)
• 1826Carl Bechstein: German piano inventor
• 1826Hermann Zopff: Composer
• 1831John Bell Hood: Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879
• 1844Galusha Pennypacker: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1916
• 1848Otto Valdemar Malling: Composer
• 1858William W Campbell: Canadian poet (Beyond the Hills of Dream)
• 1878John Masefield: England, United Kingdom -- 15th poet laureate (Salt-Water Ballads)
• 1882John Drinkwater: English poet / playwright (Abraham Lincoln)
• 1886Ernst Kurth: Austrian / Swiss musicologist
• 1887Clive Brook: London, England -- Actor / director (List of Adrian Messenger)
• 1890Frank Morgan [Francis P Wupperman]: NYC, New York -- Actor (Annie Get Your Gun)

Died on Jun 1

• 0193Didius Julianus: Ship owner / Emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61
• 1191Philips van de Elzas: Count of Vlanderen
• 1340Jan III van Diest: Bishop of Utrecht (1322-40)
• 1434Jagiello: King of Lithuania / Poland
• 1568Duke of Alva: And 18 nobles, beheaded
• 1568Gijsbert van Bronkhorst-Batenburg: Calvinist leader, beheaded
• 1713Johan Runius: Swedish Poet (Dudaim), dies at 34
• 1729Matthaeus de Cock: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies (1725-29), dies at about 65
• 1763Johann Caspar Vogler: Composer, dies at 67
• 1810Johann Paul Wessely: Composer, dies at 47
• 1823Louis Nicholas Davout: French Field Marshal, dies at 53
• 1846Gregory XVI [Bartolomeo A Cappellari] / Mauro: Pope dies at 80
• 1861John Q Marr: US Union captain, dies in battle at Fairfax Courthouse
• 1864Solomon George Washington Dill: Poor white ally of blacks, assassinated in his home by white terrorists in South Carolina
• 1868James Buchanan: 15th US President (1857-61), dies at 77
• 1876Christo Botew: Writer
• 1909Giuseppe Martucci: Composer, dies at 53
• 1910Francis S Haden: English surgeon / graphic artist, dies at 91
• 1918Friedrich Richard Faltin: Composer, dies at 83
• 1918Jaroslav Novotny: Composer, dies at 32
• 1926Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov: Composer, dies at 64
• 1935Alberto Cametti: Composer, dies at 64
• 1941Hugh S Walpole: British writer (Killer & the Slain)
• 1942Ernest Pingoud: Composer, dies at 53
• 1942Vladislav Vancura: Czech Physician / resistance fighter, executed at 50
• 1943Leslie Howard: Actor (Romeo & Juliet), Nazis shot down his plane at 50
• 1946Ion Antonescu: Fascist Premier / Dictator of Romania, executed
• 1951Rafael Altamira Crevea: Spanish lawyer / historian, dies at 85
• 1952John Dewey: US philosopher (Common Faith), dies at 92
• 1955F Melius Christiansen: Composer, dies at 84

Historical events on June 2

• 0455A D Gaiseric and the Vandals sacked Rome
• 0575Benedict I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
• 0657St. Eugene I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
• 1619England and Netherlands signs treaty about business in the Indies
• 1625Prince Frederik Henry sworn in as Viceroy of Holland / Zealand
• 1627English King Charles I establishes Guyana Company
• 1633Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Rhine at Cologne
• 1676Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch / Spanish fleet
• 1697Monarch August van Saksen becomes Catholic
• 1746Russia and Austria sign agreements
• 1774England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes
• 1780Anti Catholic demonstration attacks parliament in London
• 18345th national black convention meet (NYC)
• 1835P T Barnum and his circus begin 1st tour of US
• 18511st US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine)
• 1857James Gibbs, Va, patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine
• 1862Gen Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of East Virginia and North Carolina
• 1863Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves
• 1864Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2
• 1865At Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders Trans-Mississippi Dept
• 1866Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to US forces
• 1875James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US
• 1881Haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens
• 1882Pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris
• 18831st night baseball under lights, Ft Wayne Indiana
• 1886Grover Cleveland is 1st to wed during presidency (Frances Folsom)
• 1896Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio
• 1899Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings
• 1901Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY)
• 19022nd statewide initiative and referendum law adopted, in Oregon

Born on June 2

• 1491Henry VIII: King of England (1509-47)
• 1504George / Joris van Egmont: Bishop of Utrecht
• 1577Giovanni Righi: Composer
• 1614Benjamin Rogers: Composer
• 1624Jan III Sobieski: King of Poland (1674-96)
• 1715Herman-Francois Delange: Composer
• 1751Antoni Weinert: Composer
• 1758Cornelis R T Krayenhoff: Dutch fortress engineer / cartographer
• 1759Jan Ekels [the Young]: Dutch painter
• 1777Christian Traugott Tag: Composer
• 1802Adrian van der Hoop, Jr.: Dutch poet / critic
• 1803Michail I Glinka: Russian composer
• 1806Isaac Strauss: Composer
• 1807Robert Fuhrer: Composer
• 1815Philip Kearny: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
• 1821Ion Bratianu: (Lib), Premier of Romania (1876-88)
• 1828James Cutler Dunn Parker: Composer
• 1830Olivier Metra: Composer
• 1831Jan G Palm: Bandmaster / choir master / composer
• 1835Pius X [Giuseppe Sarto]: 257th Roman Catholic Pope (1903-14)
• 1840Thomas Hardy: England, United Kingdom -- Poet / Novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd)
• 1842Constantly AM Cap: Flemish poet / etcher
• 1849Paul-Albert Besnard: French painter / graphic artist (La femme)
• 1857Edward William Elgar: Broadheath, England -- Composer (Pomp & Circumstance)
• 1857Karl Adolph Gjellerup: Denmark -- Poet (Poutnici Svetem, Nobel 1917)
• 1858Harry Rowe Shelley: Composer
• 1863Paul Felix Weingartner: Germany -- Conductor (Zara, Dalmatia)
• 1864Ben Webster: London, England -- Actor (Old Curiosity Shop)
• 1876Hakon Borresen: Composer
• 1879Adolf Herckenrath: Flemish playwright / poet (Avondvlam)

Died on June 2

• 0657Eugene I: Italian Pope (654-7)
• 1564Gellius Faber [Jelle Smit]: Fries theologist
• 1572Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk: English Earl, executed at 36
• 1575Pieter Aertsen [Long Worm]: Painter, dies at about 65
• 1597Diederik Sonoy: German / Netherlands Governor of Northern quarter, dies at 67
• 1632Ernst Casimir: Count of Nassau-Dietz / Mayor of Friesland, dies at 58
• 1639Floris II van Pallandt: Earl of Culemborg / politician, dies at 62
• 1676John de Haen: Vice-admiral (Kijkduin / Palermo), dies in battle
• 1678Pieter the Great: Regent / diplomat, dies at 63
• 1750Johann Valentin Rathgeber: German composer, dies at 68
• 1812John W de Winter: Dutch Vice-Admiral, dies at battle at Kamperduin at 51
• 1839Wijnand YY Nuijen: Painter / lithographer (Wrecked), dies at 26
• 1864George Pierce Doles: US businessman / Confederate Brigadier General, dies at 34
• 1865John E Feisser: Founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59
• 1873Francois Hainl: Composer, dies at 65
• 1879E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte: Crown prince, dies in battle at 23
• 1882Guiseppi Garibaldi: Italian rebel leader, dies at 74
• 1896Gerhard Rohlfs: German explorer (Abbsynia / Ethiopia)
• 1901James A Herne [J Aherne]: US playwright (Margaret Fleming)
• 1908Redvers H Buller: English General, dies at 68
• 1927Eduard GHH Cuypers: Architect (De Hooge Vuursche), dies at 67
• 1927Freidrich Hegar: Composer, dies at 85
• 1927Lizzie Borden: Accused murderer, dies at 68
• 1937Louis Vierne: Composer, dies at 66
• 1940Willem E Roelofs: Painter / cartoonist
• 1941Lou Gehrig: 1st baseman (New York Yankee), dies at 37 of ALS in Riverdale, New York
• 1947Hermann Darewsky: Composer, dies at 64
• 1949Dynam-Victor Fumet: Composer, dies at 82
• 1949Ernest Ford: Composer, dies at 91
• 1950Stanislas Bizot: French checker player (world champ 1925), dies at 70

Events on Jun 3

• 1098After 5-month siege in 1st Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch Turkey
• 1357Peace of Aat
• 1509Henry VIII married wife No 1, Catherine of Aragon
• 1539Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain
• 1540Hernando de Soto crosses Appalachian Mountain, 1st European to do so
• 1621Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands" (NY)
• 1621WIC, West Indian Co, under Heeren XIX, founded
• 1665Duke of York defeats Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft
• 1748Amsterdam establishes municipal postal service
• 1752Moscow houses and churchs destroyed by fire
• 1770Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded in California
• 1781Jack Jouett rides to warn Jefferson of British attack
• 1789Alex Mackenzie explores Mackenzie River (Canada)
• 1818Maratha Wars between British and Maratha Confederacy in India ends
• 18334th national black convention meets (Philadelphia)
• 18511st baseball uniforms worn, New York Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt and blue long trousers
• 1856Cullen Whipple patents screw machine
• 1860Comanche, Iowa completely destroyed by 1 of a series of tornadoes
• 18611st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, West Virginia
• 1864Gen Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor
• 1871Jesse James and his gang robs Obocock Bank (Corydon Iowa), of $15,000
• 1875Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st voice transmission
• 1876Lacrosse introduced in Britain and Canada
• 1884John Lynch (R-MS) chosen 1st black major-party National convention chair
• 188624 Christians burn to death in Namgongo Uganda
• 1888"Casey at the Bat" published (SF Examiner)
• 1906Belgian King Leopold II calls Congo his private possession
• 1911"Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" hits #1
• 1913Dutch 1st Chamber accepts Health laws
• 1916National Defense Act establishes ROTC

Born on Jun 3

• 1610Jacob Neefs: Flemish engraver / publisher, baptised
• 1657Manuel de Egues: Composer
• 1685Cornelis Hop: Amsterdam regent / diplomat
• 1726James Hutton: Edinburgh, Scotland -- Geologist
• 1738Johann Christoph Oley: Composer
• 1746James Hook: Composer
• 1750Frederic Thieme: Composer
• 1761Henry Scrapnel: English inventor (shrapnel shell)
• 1770Manuel Belgrano: Argentina
• 1771Sydney Smith: Woodford Essex, United Kingdom -- Preacher / Reformer / author
• 1773Caspar G C Reinwardt: German / Dutch biologist
• 1773Michael Gottard Fischer: Composer
• 1780William Hone: England, United Kingdom -- Author / bookseller (Every-Day Book)
• 1782Charles Waterton: Eccentric naturalist / pioneer
• 1801Frantisek Jan Skroup: Composer
• 1804Richard Cobden: West, Sussex -- Founder (Anti-Corn-Law League)
• 1812Pieter Mijer: Dutch Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies (1866-72)
• 1815Martin Edward Green: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
• 1819Johann Barthold Jongkind: Lattrop, Netherlands -- Dut / Fr painter (Winter Scenes)
• 1819Thomas Ball: United States -- Sculptor / painter / singer
• 1824Charles Kinnaird Graham: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1828Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise: Composer
• 1828Jose Inzenga y Castellanos: Composer
• 1829Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback: Composer
• 1831Otho French Strahl: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
• 1832Alexander Charles Lecocq: Composer
• 1839Paul Lindau: German playwright / critic (Der Herr im Hause)
• 1840Eugeen van Oye: Flemish writer / poet (Morning Twilight)
• 1841Eduardo Caudella: Composer
• 1843Frederik VIII CWK: King of Denmark (1906-12)

Died on Jun 3

• 0545Chlotilde: Wife of French King Clovis / saint, dies at about 70
• 1107Kilidj Arslan I: Seldjoeken Sultan, dies in battle
• 1594Michel Renichon: Priest, executed
• 1661Gottfried Scheidt: Composer, dies at 67
• 1679Jean-Francius Miller: Painter, buried
• 1688Maximilian H of Bayern: Prince-bishop of Luik, dies at 66
• 1732Pieter Vuyst: Dutch Governor-General of Ceylon, executed
• 1764Hans A Brorson: Danish Poet / Bishop of Ribe, dies at 69
• 1804Jean-Engelbert Pauwels: Composer, dies at 35
• 1809John "Christmas" Beckwith: Composer, dies at 58
• 1849Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa: Composer, dies at 73
• 1858Julius Reubke: Composer, dies at 24
• 1861Stephen A Douglas: "Little Giant", senator (Lincoln Debates)
• 1864James P McMahon: US Union Colonel (164th NY), dies in battle
• 1864Peter A Porter: US Union Colonel (8th NY), dies in battle
• 1872Heinrich Esser: Composer, dies at 53
• 1877Frank Pocock: British explorer, drowned in the Congo
• 1881Japanese giant salamander: Dies in Dutch zoo at 55 as the oldest amphibian
• 1888Cark Reidel: Composer, dies at 60
• 1890Henryk Oskar Kolberg: Composer, dies at 76
• 1898Nikolai Afanisev: Composer, dies at 77
• 1898Samuel Plimsoll: English MP ( Folkestone), dies at 74
• 1913Josef Richard Rozkosny: Composer, dies at 79
• 1924Franz Kafka: Czech writer (Trial, Amerika, Metamorphosis), dies at 40
• 1933William Muldoon: Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88
• 1943Folkert E Posthuma: Minister of Agriculture
• 1946Michail I Kalinin: President (Supreme Soviet), dies at 60
• 1949Amedos Peter Giannine: Founder of Bank of America dies at 79
• 1959Ole Windingstad: Composer, dies at 73
• 1963John XXIII [Angelo G Roncalli]: Pope (1958-63), dies at 81