7th June anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1778
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Beau Brummell, arbiter of good taste and fashion designer." more
  • 1848
  • France
  • "Birth of Paul Gauguin, French artist." more
  • 1909
  • United States
  • "Birth of Virginia Apgar, American physician, anaesthesiologist and childbirth specialist, developed the Apgar Score System to assess the health of newborn babies." more
  • 1909
  • United States
  • "Birth of Jessica Tandy, award-winning British-born American actress (A Streetcar Named Desire, Driving Miss Daisy, and many other roles)"
• event
  • 1099
  • Israel
  • Siege of Jerusalem begun by the Crusaders of the First Crusade. more
  • 1494
  • Spain
  • Treaty of Tordesillas – Spain and Portugal divide the world between them (along the great diameter 51°W and 129°E longitude). Inevitably other countries ignored this carve up. more
  • 1672
  • Great Britain
  • Battle of Southwold
  • 1832
  • Great Britain
  • "Passing of the Reform Bill, the Representation of the People Act, which had a dramatic effect on grossly under represented places like Scotland." more
  • 1893
  • India
  • Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience (in South Africa)
  • 1899
  • United States
  • "Carrie Nation destroys all the alcohol in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas; the start of her temperance crusade." more
  • 1929
  • Italy
  • The Vatican City state was established as Italy and the Vatican ratified the Lateran Treaty
  • 1934
  • Great Britain
  • "Oswald Mosley addressed a mass rally of the British Union of Fascists at Olympia, London"
  • 1939
  • Great Britain
  • George VI became the first British monarch to visit the USA
  • 1977
  • Great Britain
  • Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations in London
  • 1979
  • The first elections for the European Parliament were held
  • 1993
  • United States
  • American musician Prince changed his name to a symbol and became known as ‘The Artist formerly known as Prince’.
• Death
  • 555
  • Italy
  • Death of Pope Vigilius more
  • 1329
  • Great Britain
  • Death of Robert the Bruce; succeeded by infant David II of Scots
  • 1967
  • United States
  • "Death of Dorothy Parker, American writer, well-known for her witty remarks"