Category: June

June 30 1831 - A patent for a platform scale was issued to brothers Erastus and Thaddeus S. Fairbanks of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. 1859 - Jean-Francois Gravelet, known as Emile...

June 29 1613 - The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground. 1889 - Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships voted to be annexed by Chicago, forming the...

June 28 in Pop Culture Madness 1635 - Guadeloupe became a French colony. 1832 - The first American case of a cholera epidemic was reported in New York City. 1838...

June 27 1556 - The thirteen Stratford Martyrs were burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs. 1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Mormons, and his...

June 26   1498 - The bristle toothbrush was invented in China. 1797 - Charles Newbold was issued a patent (#X000177) for an improvement for the cast-iron plow 1807 -...

June 25 1867 - Barbed wire was patented (#66,182) by Lucien B. Smith of Kent, Ohio. 1876 - Native American forces, led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, defeated...

June 24 in History 1374 - An early morning, sudden outbreak of 'St. John's Dance' caused people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump...

June 23 in Pop Culture History   1683 - William Penn signed a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania. 1860 - The United States Congress established the Government...

June 22 1633 - The Holy Office in Rome forced Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe 1870 -...

June 21 1834 - Cyrus Hall McCormick received a patent (#X008277) for his grain reaping machine. 1877 - The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants convicted of murder, were hanged in...

June 19 1586 - Some English colonists left the Roanoke Island Colony that was established in 1585, and it was found empty in July of 1857. It was decided to...

June 18   1178 - A meteor crached into the Moon or exploded between Earth and the Moon. 1812 - The U.S. Congress declares war on Great Britain, Canada, and...

June 17 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempted to assassinate Mehmed II, forcing him to retreat from Wallachia, in Romania. 1631 - Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth. Her husband,...

June 16 1816 - Lord Byron read Fantasmagoriana to his four house guests - Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, and John Polidori, and inspired his challenge that each guest...

June 15 763 BC - Assyrians recorded a solar eclipse, and that detail was later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. 1215 - The signed (sealed) Magna Carta...

June 14 1158 - Munich (in what is now Germany) was founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar. 1775 -The Continental Army was established by...

June 13   1373 - Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest international agreement in the world which is still in force. 1525...

June 12 1790 - A 'Red Globe' was being reported by many people, flying over France. 1849 - A gas mask "inhaler or lung protector" was patented (#X006529) by Lewis...

June 11 323 BC - Alexander the Great died in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II in Babylon. 1509 - Henry VIII of England married Catherine of Aragon. 1742 - Benjamin...

June 10 1692 - Bridget Bishop was hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries." 1809 - The first steamboat to navigate the...

June 9 in Pop Culture History 1650 - The Harvard Corporation, one of the two administrative boards of Harvard, was established. It was the first legal corporation in the Americas....

June 7 in Pop Culture History 1692 (Earthquake) Port Royal, Jamaica, over 1,000 people were killed. 1753 - The British Museum was founded, starting the the collections of Sir Hans...

June 6 in Pop Culture History 1844 - The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was founded in London. 1882 (Cyclone) More than 100,000 people in Bombay, India were killed. 1889...

June 5 in Pop Culture History 1851 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin (or Life Among the Lowly) began a ten-month run in the National Era, an...

June 4 in Pop Culture History 1784 - Elisabeth Thible was the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon, flying for about 45 minutes. 1812 - Following...

June 3 in Pop Culture History 1621 - The Dutch West India Company received a charter for New Netherland (now eastern US) and the Caribbean. 1888 - The poem Casey...

June 2 in Pop Culture History 455 - The Sack of Rome: Vandals entered Rome, and plundered the city for several weeks. 1098 - First Crusade: The first Siege of...

June 1 in Pop Culture History 495 - John Cor made a note referring to the first known batch of Scotch whisky. 1813 - James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of...