What happened today in history
What happened on June 1
On June 1 history recorded 69 notable events. 160 people who left a mark were born on this day, and 114 died. Here is the full almanac.
- 69events
- 160births
- 114deaths
- 25observances
Highlights
Highlights
Mary Dyer was hanged in Boston for repeatedly defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Mary Dyer was an English and colonial American Puritan-turned-Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, for repeatedly defying a Puritan law banning Quakers from the colony due to their theological expansion of the Puritan concept of a church
Charles II and Louis XIV signed a secret treaty, requiring England to aid France in its war against the Dutch Republic and the future conversion of Charles to Catholicism, in return for Louis making large payments to Charles and promising to aid him if there was a rebellion in England.
Charles II was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
Scanian War: The Swedish warship Kronan, one of the largest ships in the world at the time, sank at the Battle of Öland (depicted) with the loss of around 800 men.
The Scanian War was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark–Norway, Brandenburg and Sweden. It was fought from 1675 to 1679 mainly on Scanian soil, in the former Danish–Norwegian provinces along the border with Sweden, and in northern German
June 1
On this day
II century
- 193
193The Roman Senate passes a motion proclaiming Septimius Severus emperor, awards divine honours to Pertinax, and sentences current emperor Didius Julianus to death.
XIII century
XV century
- 1412
1412The Treaty of Lubowla between the kingdoms of Hungary and Poland is confirmed with one of the largest and magnificent royal meetings and feasts ever held in Buda. King Sigismund of Hungary host king Władysław II Jagiełło while several thousand nobles attend. - 1494
1494A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky.
XVI century
XVII century
- 1648
1648The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War. - 1649
1649Start of the Sumuroy Revolt: Filipinos in Northern Samar led by Agustin Sumuroy revolt against Spanish colonial authorities. - 1670
1670In Dover, England, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War. - 1676
1676Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79). - 1679
1679The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog.
XVIII century
- 1773
1773Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. Both he and his horse, Vonk, are drowned on his eighth attempt. - 1779
1779The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins. - 1792
1792Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States. - 1794
1794The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars. - 1796
1796Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
XIX century
- 1812
1812War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom. - 1813
1813Capture of USS Chesapeake. - 1815
1815Napoleon promulgates a revised Constitution after it passes a plebiscite. - 1831
1831James Clark Ross becomes the first European at the North Magnetic Pole. - 1849
1849Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey declared the Territory of Minnesota officially established. - 1854
1854Åland War: The British navy destroys merchant ships and about 16,000 tar barrels of the wholesale stocks area in Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland. - 1855
1855The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua. - 1857
1857Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published. - 1857
1857The Revolution of the Ganhadores begins in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. - 1861
1861American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought. - 1862
1862American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory. - 1868
1868The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico. - 1879
1879Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War. - 1890
1890The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
XX century
- 1913
1913The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War. - 1916
1916The United States Senate confirms the appointment of Louis Brandeis to the United States Supreme Court, making him the first Jew to be an Associate Justice. - 1918
1918World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. - 1919
1919Prohibition comes into force in Finland. - 1922
1922The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded. - 1929
1929The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires. - 1939
1939First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft. - 1941
1941World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany. - 1941
1941The Farhud, a massive pogrom in Iraq, starts and as a result, many Iraqi Jews are forced to leave their homes. - 1943
1943BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing British actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that it was actually an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. - 1946
1946Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed. - 1950
1950The Declaration of Conscience speech, by U.S. Senator from Maine, Margaret Chase Smith, is delivered in response to Joseph R. McCarthy's speech at Wheeling, West Virginia. - 1950
1950The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America. - 1951
1951Washington State Ferries, the largest ferry system in the United States, begins operation under state ownership after a buyout of the Puget Sound Navigation Company. - 1958
1958Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months. - 1961
1961The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history. - 1962
1962Adolf Eichmann, former SS officer in Nazi Germany, is hanged in Israel for having committed crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other offenses. - 1974
1974The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine. - 1975
1975The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was founded by Jalal Talabani, Nawshirwan Mustafa, Fuad Masum and others. - 1976
1976Aeroflot Flight 418 crashes in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, killing 46. - 1978
1978The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed. - 1979
1979The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power. - 1980
1980Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting. - 1988
1988The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect. - 1990
1990Cold War: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production. - 1993
1993Dobrinja mortar attack: Thirteen are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo. - 1994
1994Republic of South Africa becomes a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations. - 1999
1999American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.
XXI century
- 2001
2001Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother. - 2001
2001Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv. - 2004
2004Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols is sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole. - 2007
2007Cyclone Gonu develops from an area of convection in the Arabian Sea, becoming the worst recorded natural disaster in Oman. - 2008
2008A fire on the back lot of Universal Studios breaks out, destroying the attraction King Kong Encounter and a large archive of master tapes for music and film, the full extent of which was not revealed until 2019. - 2009
2009Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed. - 2009
2009General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history. - 2011
2011A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people. - 2011
2011Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing after 25 flights. - 2015
2015A ship carrying 458 people capsizes in the Yangtze river in China's Hubei province, killing 442 people.
Best known
Born on June 1
Best known
Died on June 1
AD 193
Calendar year
Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford
Anglo-Norman nobleman
Kitabatake Chikafusa
14th-century Japanese court noble, author, and historian
Władysław II Jagiełło
Grand Duke of Lithuania (1377–1434); King of Poland
John Story (martyr)
English politician and Roman Catholic martyr
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1603 to 1605
Holidays and observances
- Children's Day (International), and its related observances: The Day of Protection of Children Rights (Armenia)
- Children's Day (International), and its related observances: Mothers' and Children's Day (Mongolia)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Alfonso Navarrete
- Christian feast day: Annibale Maria di Francia
- Christian feast day: Crescentinus
- Christian feast day: Fortunatus of Spoleto
- Christian feast day: Herculanus of Piegaro
- Christian feast day: Íñigo of Oña
- Christian feast day: Blessed John Story
- Christian feast day: Justin Martyr (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran)
- Christian feast day: Ronan of Locronan
- Christian feast day: Pamphilus of Caesarea (Roman Catholic only): 256
- Christian feast day: June 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Gawai Dayak, harvest festival in the state of Sarawak (Malaysia)
Frequently asked questions
What happened on June 1?
69 documented historical events happened on June 1, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Mary Dyer was hanged in Boston for repeatedly defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. On the same day, in another year: Charles II and Louis XIV signed a secret treaty, requiring England to aid France in its war against the Dutch Republic and the future conversion of Charles to Catholicism, in return for Louis making large payments to Charles and promising to aid him if there was a rebellion in England. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
Who was born on June 1?
160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on June 1, including Gyula Kállai, Bill Deedes, William Standish Knowles. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.
Who died on June 1?
114 people with a Wikipedia article died on June 1, including AD 193, Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford, Kitabatake Chikafusa. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What is celebrated on June 1?
25 observances are celebrated on June 1 around the world: Children's Day (International), and its related observances: The Day of Protection of Children Rights (Armenia), Children's Day (International), and its related observances: Mothers' and Children's Day (Mongolia), Christian feast day: Blessed Alfonso Navarrete, Christian feast day: Annibale Maria di Francia, Christian feast day: Crescentinus, Christian feast day: Fortunatus of Spoleto. The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.
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