Day In History
This Day in History
Today: June 21, 2026
533
A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily .
1307
Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan.
1529
French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac.
1582
Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
1621
Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
1734
In Montreal, 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.
1749
Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.[1]
1768
James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
1788
New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.[2]
1791
King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
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