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June 1st
Events Pre-1600 *1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León. *1298 – Residents of Riga and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida. * 1495 – A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky. *1533 – Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England. *1535 – Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis. 1601–1900 *1648 – The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War. *1649 – Start of the Sumuroy Revolt: Filipinos in Northern Samar led by Agustin Sumuroy revolt against Spanish colonial authorities. *1670 – In 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 – Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1252
Year 1252 ( MCCLII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * April 6 – Saint Peter of Verona is assassinated by Carino of Balsamo. * May 15 – Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull '' Ad exstirpanda'', which authorizes the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. Torture quickly gains widespread usage across Catholic Europe. *June 1 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León. *July – The settlement of Stockholm in Sweden is founded, by Birger Jarl. * December 25 – Christopher I of Denmark is crowned King of Denmark, in the Lund Cathedral. * The Polish land of Lebus is incorporated into the German state of Brandenburg, marking the start of Brandenburg's expansion into previously Polish areas (Neumark). * The Lithuanian city of Klaipėda (''Memel'') is founded by the Teutonic Knights. * The town and monastery of Orval Abbey in Belgium burn to the ground; rebuilding takes 100 year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |