Events on Jun 18

• 0860Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople
• 1155Pope Adrian IV crowns Frederick I Barbarossa Roman-German Emperor
• 11785 Canterbury monks report explosion on moon (only known observation)
• 1178Proposed time of origin of lunar crater Giordano Bruno
• 1316Peace of Fexhe: prince-bishop Adolf II of Mark and Luikse towns
• 1538Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V and King French I
• 1541Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as King of Ireland
• 1574Polish King Hendrik of Anjou secretly leaves Poland
• 1580States of Utrecht forbid Catholic worship
• 1629Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs. Dunkerk Cape
• 1639Treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war
• 1643Skirmish at Chalgrove Field: Prince Rupert parliamentary armies
• 1682William Penn found Philadelphia
• 1757Battle at Kolin Bohemia: Austrian army beats Prussia
• 1778British Redcoats evacuate Philadelphia
• 1779French fleet occupies St. Vincent
• 1812War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain
• 1822Part of US-Canadian boundary determined
• 1822Slave revolt leaders Denmark Vesey and Peter Poyas arrested in South Carolina
• 1836HMS Beagle / Charles Darwin leave South-Africa
• 1837Spain gets new Constitution
• 1839Dutch Prince Willem Alexander PFL weds niece Princess Sophia
• 1863After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg
• 1864At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults
• 1873Susan B Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for President
• 1892Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
• 1894Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate
• 18981st amusement pier opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey
• 18984th US Golf Open: Fred Herd shoots a 328 at Myopia Hunt Club, Massachusetts
• 1900Gen Luigi Pelloux resigns as Premier of Italy

Born on Jun 18

• 1511Bartolommeo Ammanati: Italian sculptor / architect
• 1511Ponte Santa Trinita: Florence, Italy
• 1581Thomas Overbury: Poet
• 1681Feofan Prokopovich: Theologian, Archbishop of Novgorod, Westernizer
• 1716Joseph M Vien: French (court)painter
• 1723Giuseppe Scarlotti: Composer
• 1740Karel van Poucke: Flemish sculptor
• 1744Augustin Holler: Composer
• 1757Ignaz Joseph Pleyel: Composer
• 1758Pieter PJQ Ondaatje: Ceylon / Dutch jurist / patriot
• 1780Michael Henkel: Composer
• 1794George Grote: British historian
• 1799William Lassell: Discoverer (satellites of Uranus and Neptune)
• 1809Sylvanus William Godon: Commander (Union Navy), died in 1879
• 1812Ivan Goncharov: Russia -- Novelist / travel writer (Oblomov)
• 1813Pavel Annenkov: Rus literature historian (Zametsjatelnoje desjatileti)
• 1820Martin Andreas Udbye: Composer
• 1822Henry David Leslie: Composer
• 1824Johannes Heykamp: Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
• 1839William Henry Seward, Jr.: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1920
• 1850Richard Heuberger: Composer
• 1854Edward Wyllis Scripps: Publisher / journalist
• 1857Henry Clay Folger, Jr.: United States -- Businessman / Shakespeare fan
• 1858Hans Schardt: Switzerland -- Geologist
• 1860Hugo Loudon: CEO (Royal Dutch Oil [Shell])
• 1877James Montgomery Flagg: Illustrator ("I want you" Uncle Sam)
• 1881Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen: Dutch labor leader
• 1884Edouard Daladier: Premier France (1933..40)
• 1886George Mallory: England, United Kingdom -- Mountain climber ("because it is there")
• 1887Blanche Yurka: St. Paul, Minnesota -- Actress (Taxi, Tale of 2 Cities)

Died on Jun 18

• 0741Leo III de Isaurier: Byzantine Emperor (717-41)
• 1291Alfonso III: King of Aragon (1285-91)
• 1464Rogier van der Weyden: Flemish painter, dies at 65
• 1580Juliana van Stolberg: Engraver of Nassau
• 1629Piet Heyn: Lieutenant Admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies in battle at 51
• 1669Abraham Crijnssen: Swiss Admiral, conquered Suriname
• 1686Johann Quirsfeld: Composer, dies at 43
• 1726Michel-Richard Delalande: Composer, dies at 68
• 1772Gerard of Swieten: Botanist / Painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72
• 1799Johann Andre: Composer, dies at 58
• 1817Joannes Siberg: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies (1801-05)
• 1821Charles Hague: Composer, dies at 52
• 1824Ferdinand III JJ-B: Archduke of Austria / ruler of Toscane, dies at 55
• 1850Antoni Weinert: Composer, dies at 99
• 1853Branko Radicevic: Serbian Poet (1st Serbian Uprising)
• 1859Joseph Hartmann Stuntz: Composer, dies at 65
• 1866Jacobus T Abels: Painter, dies at 62
• 1876August Rockel: Composer, dies at 61
• 1880John Sutter: US colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77
• 1884Juan B Alberdi [Figarillo]: Arg writer (Crime of War), dies at 74
• 1886Joannes A Paredis: Belgian / Netherlands Bishop of Roermond, dies at 90
• 1909Learmont Drysdale: Composer, dies at 42
• 1911Franjo Zaver Kuhac: Composer, dies at 76
• 1916Helmuth J L von Moltke: German chief General of staff, dies at 67
• 1916Max Immelmann: German pilot (WWI), killed
• 1921Herman Baccaert: Flemish philological / writer (Kantkennis), dies at 37
• 1922John C Kapteyn: Astronomer, dies at 71
• 1928Roald E G Amundsen: Norwegian pole explorer
• 1934Francisco Lacerda: Composer, dies at 65
• 1935August Reusner: Composer, dies at 64

Historical events on June 19

• 0987Louis IV, crowned King of France
• 1205Pope Innocent III fires Adolf I as Archbishop of Cologne
• 1269King Louis IX of Frances decrees all Jews must wear a badge of shame
• 1286Rabbenu Mir of Rothenbur imprisoned in fortress of Ensisheim
• 1369Duke Philip the Stout marries Margaretha van Male
• 1464French King Louis XI forms postal service
• 1502Emperor Maximilian I and England sign treaty of Antwerp
• 1572Garrison under Adrian van Swieten occupy Oudewater
• 1586English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island, North Carolina
• 1621Battle at Dragetsani: Turkish army beats Greece
• 1631Peace of Cherasco: Charles de Gonzaga-Nevers becomes Duke of Mantua
• 1669Polish parliament selects Litouwer Michael Wisniopwiecki as King
• 1754Albany Congress held by 7 British colonies and Iroquois indians
• 1770General Church of New Jerusalem established
• 1829Sir Robert Peel found London Metropolitan Police (Bobbies)
• 1835New Orleans gives US government Jackson Square to be used as a mint
• 18461st baseball game (Cartwright Rules) - NY Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1
• 1850Swedish / Norwegian crown Prince Charles weds Dutch Princess Wilhelmina
• 1861Anaheim Post Office established
• 1861Francis Pierpont is elected provisional Governor of West Virginia
• 1862Slavery outlawed in US territories
• 1864CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France
• 1864Skirmish at Pine Knob, Georgia
• 1865Siege of Richmond, Virginia
• 1865Union General Granger declares slaves are free in Texas
• 18671st Belmont: J Gilpatrick aboard Ruthless wins in 3:05
• 1868Maj General E R S Canby removes Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina
• 1875Formal opening of US Marine Hospital at Presidio
• 1881Muhammad Ahmad becomes Mahdi of Sudan
• 1889Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Man with the Twisted Lip"

Born on June 19

• 1566James I Stuart: King of Scotland (James VI) / England (1567 / 1603-25)
• 1595Wladyslaw IV Vasa: King of Poland (1632-48)
• 1608Thomas Fuller: England, United Kingdom -- Literary (History of the Holy War)
• 1613Christian de Placker: Composer
• 1623Blaise Pascal: Mathematician / physicist / religious writer (Pascal)
• 1633Philippus van Limborch: Remonstrants theologist / vicar
• 1708Johann Gottlieb Janitsch: Composer
• 1717Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz: Composer
• 1741Reinier Vinkeles: Dutch engraver / art collector
• 1764John Barrow: England, United Kingdom -- Founded Royal Geographical Society
• 1764Jose Gervasio Artigas: General / father of Uruguay
• 1766Edmund Weber: Composer
• 1782John Bray: Composer
• 1783Thomas Sully: US portrait painter (Queen Victoria)
• 1792Gustav Schwab: Writer
• 1810Ferdinand David: Violist / compser (Hohe Schule des Violinspiels)
• 1811Henry Prince: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
• 1814Johannes H Weissenbruch: Landscape painter
• 1815John William Glover: Composer
• 1834Edgar H G Degas: French painter (ballerina)
• 1842Carl Johann Adam Zeller: Composer
• 1843Charles Edouard Lefebvre: Composer
• 1854Alfredo Catalani: Composer
• 1856Elbert Hubbard: United States -- Editor / publisher / author (Message to Garcia)
• 1858Charles Haddon George Alexander [George Samson]: British actor
• 1858Dirk Fock: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies (1921-26)
• 1861Douglas Haig: British Field Marshal (Sudan, WWI)
• 1861Jose Protasio Rizal: Philippine optician / author / nationalist
• 1865Alfred Hugenberg: German RC President of the Directorate of Krupp / media magnate
• 1865May Whitty: Liverpool, England -- Actress (Mrs Minerva, Suspicion)

Died on June 19

• 1113Odo / Odardus van Kamerijk: French writer / Bishop of Kamerijk
• 1312Piers Gaveston: Earl of Cornwall, beheaded
• 1341Juliana van Falconieri: Italian Saint / Swedish tenor
• 1542Leo Jud[ae]: Swiss pastor / church Reformer
• 1554Sixt[us] Birck [Xystus Betulius]: German writer (Judith), dies at 53
• 1652Louis de Geer: Netherlands / Swedish industrialist / millionaire, dies at 64
• 1747Alessandro Marcello: Composer, dies at 77
• 1747Nadir: Shah of Persia (1736-47), murdered
• 1759Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier: Composer, dies at 31
• 1762Johann Ernst Eberlin: Composer, dies at 60
• 1787John Brown: Theologist
• 1794Richard H Lee: US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 62
• 1811Samuel Chase: US judge (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 70
• 1820Joseph Banks: English natural Historian (Cook / Australia)
• 1822John Bray: Composer, dies on 40th birthday
• 1837Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky: Russian writer, dies in battle
• 1840John Cockerill: English / Belgian industrial / orangist, dies at 50
• 1864George Lincoln Prescott: US Union Brigadier General, dies of injuries
• 1867Maximilian F J: Austrian Archduke / Emperor of Mexico
• 1902John E E Dalberg baron van Acton: English historian, dies at 69
• 1915Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev: Russian Composer (Oresteia), dies at 58
• 1922Johannes C Kapteyn: Dutch astronomer, dies at 71
• 1932Solomon Tshkisho Platje: South African writer
• 1937James M Barrie: Scottish writer (Dear Brutus / Peter Pan)
• 1939Grace Abbott: Social worker (US Children Bureau), dies at 60
• 1940Maurice Jaubert: Composer, dies at 40
• 1944Han Yong-woon: Zen teacher, dies at 65 in Seoul County, Korea
• 1947Willem H Fly: Typographer / co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84
• 1953Ethel Rosenberg: Executed at Sing Sing, in 5 tries
• 1953Julius Rosenberg: NYC, 1st US civilian executed for espionage at 37

Events on Jun 20

• 0451Germans and Romans beat Atiila the Hun at Catalarinische Fields
• 1212French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo
• 1402Battle of Angora (Ankara) - Tatars defeat Turkish Army
• 1530German Parliament joins to Augsburg together
• 1547Count Philip van Hessen captured
• 1567Don Henrique of Brazil, expel Jews
• 1567Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique
• 1582Bishop Domingo de Salazar of Manila suppresses the Philippines
• 1591Mauritius and Willem van Nassau occupy Devente
• 1632Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area
• 1656Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw
• 1675Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom
• 1756146 British soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most die
• 1756India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army
• 1779Battle of Stone Ferry
• 1789Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken
• 1791King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution
• 1793Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin
• 1819320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)
• 1825Coronation of French King Charles X the Bourbon
• 1826Siam / England sign trade / peace treaty
• 1837England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria
• 1837Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901
• 1840Samuel Morse patents his telegraph
• 1855Commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin
• 18631st bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa)
• 1863Skirmish at Greencastle, Pennsylvania
• 1863West Virginia admitted as 35th US state
• 1864Battle of Kinston NC and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia
• 1864Battle of Petersburgs VA - in trenches

Born on Jun 20

• 1566Sigismund III: King of Poland / Sweden
• 1585Lazaro Valvasensi: Composer
• 1634Charles Emanuel II: Duke of Savoy (1638-75)
• 1642George Hickes: English linguistic (Old German Philology)
• 1647Johan Georg III: Elect of Saxon (1680-91)
• 1674Nicholas Rowe: England, United Kingdom -- Poet laureate (Jane Shore, Tamerlane)
• 1694Hans A Brorson: Danish poet / Bishop of Ribe
• 1723Adam Ferguson: Scottish sociologist / historian
• 1730Nonnosus Madlseder: Composer
• 1743Anna L Barbauld: Writer of hymns
• 1756Joseph Martin Kraus: Composer
• 1819Jacques Offenbach: Cologne, France -- French composer (Tales of Hoffmann)
• 1823Jesse Lee Reno: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
• 1824John Tyler Morgan: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1907
• 1858Medardo Rosso: Italian sculptor (portraits)
• 1861Arthur Battelle Whiting: Composer
• 1864Worm Pander: Sculptor
• 1866Ivans [Jacob van Schevichaven]: Dutch lawyer / detective writer
• 1866Lord George ESMH Carnarvon: England, United Kingdom -- Egyptologist (Tutanchamon)
• 1868Helen Miller Shepard: Philanthropist / established Hall of Fame
• 1875Othenio Able: Austria -- Paleontologist
• 1883Giannotto Bastianelli: Composer
• 1883Jules Verstraete [Julien G the Graef]: Actor (Driestuiversopera)
• 1883Leah Baird: Chicago, Illinois -- Actress (Lady Gangster)
• 1887Arnaut Colnot: Painter / graphic artist
• 1887Kurt Schwitters: German / British dada-artist / poet (collages)
• 1892S M Tretjakow: Writer
• 1894George Delacorte: NYC, New York -- Philanthropist / publisher (Dell Books)
• 1894Lloyd A Hall: Illinois, United States -- Pioneer in food chemistry
• 1899Anthon van der Horst: Dutch Organist / composer

Died on Jun 20

• 0840Louis de Vrome: Emperor of French rich
• 1585Christianus Adrichomius: Writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52
• 1597Willem Barents: Explorer (discovered Spitsbergen and Bereneil)
• 1649Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher: Author
• 1751Adriaen Valckenier: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies (1737-41), dies at 56
• 1787Carl Friedrich Abel: German / British viola player / composer, dies at 63
• 1833Philip Knapton: Composer, dies at 44
• 1837Giovanni Furno: Composer, dies at 89
• 1837William IV: King of England
• 1842Michael Umlauf: Composer, dies at 60
• 1846Pieter Adams: Architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67
• 1870Jules de Goncourt: Writer, dies at 39
• 1876Antonio L de Santa Ana: President Mexico, dies at 79
• 1883Olivier Gloux [Gustave Aimard]: French world explorer, dies at 64
• 1888Cesare Dominiceti: Composer, dies at 66
• 1888John H Zuckertort: German chess player, dies at 45
• 1890Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte: Composer, dies at 63
• 1915Emil Rathenau: German industrialist (AEG)
• 1917James Mason Crafts: US chemist, dies at 78
• 1922Vittorio Monti: Composer, dies at 54
• 1923Joseph Leopold Rockel: Composer, dies at 85
• 1925Wilhelm Posse: Composer, dies at 72
• 1933Clara Zetkin: German feminist / communist
• 1940Jehan Alain: French Organist / composer, dies in battle at 29
• 1941Stephanie H Lapidoth-Swarth: Author (Lonely flowers
• 1945Bruno Frank: Writer, dies at 58
• 1947Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel: Gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal
• 1948George Frederick Boyle: Composer, dies at 61
• 1953Hendrik de Man: Sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67
• 1958Kurt Alder: German chemist (Nobel 1950)