WHAT HAPPENED ON 21. JUNE
Want to find out what all happened on 21. June
The Romans, led by Gaius Flaminius, are ambushed and defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene. (21. June 217. BC)
A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily. (21. June 533)
Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan. (21. June 1307)
French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac. (21. June 1529)
Sengoku jidai: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyo, was forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide. (21. June 1582)
Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain. (21. June 1621)
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. (21. June 1734)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded. (21. June 1749)
James Otis, Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court. (21. June 1768)
New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States and is admitted as the 9th state in the United States. (21. June 1788)
King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution. (21. June 1791)
Irish Rebellion of 1798: The British Army defeats Irish rebels at the Battle of Vinegar Hill. (21. June 1798)
Peninsular War: Battle of Victoria. (21. June 1813)
Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea. (21. June 1824)
Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas. (21. June 1826)
In the Wallachian Revolution, Ion Heliade Rădulescu and Christian Tell issue the Proclamation of Islaz and create a new republican government. (21. June 1848)
The first Victoria Cross is awarded during the bombardment of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands. (21. June 1854)
American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins. (21. June 1864)
New Zealand Land Wars: The Tauranga Campaign ends. (21. June 1864)
The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants convicted of murder, are hanged at the Schuylkill County and Carbon County, Pennsylvania prisons. (21. June 1877)