On June 21, history records 43 notable events, 267 famous births and 105 deaths, spanning the years 533 to 1791.
Events on this day include: A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily. (533); Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan. (1307).
Notable people born on June 21 include Pope Martin I (598), Ahmad ibn Muhammad (906), Pope Leo IX (1002).
Notable figures who died on this day include Rodulf (archbishop of Bourges) (866), Al-Muhtadi (870), Zhang Li (Liao dynasty) (947).
Events on 21 June 43
See all →A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily.
French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac.
Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, was forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.
James Otis, Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States and is admitted as the ninth state in the United States.
King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
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Birthdays on 21 June 267
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Deaths on 21 June 105
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