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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1312 BC]] &ndash; [[Mursili II]] [[Mursili's eclipse|launches a campaign]] against the Kingdom of [[Azzi-Hayasa]].
*[[AD 109|109]] &ndash; Roman emperor [[Trajan]] inaugurates the [[Aqua Traiana]], an [[Roman aqueduct|aqueduct]] that channels water from [[Lake Bracciano]], {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=off}} northwest of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].
* [[474]] &ndash; [[Julius Nepos]] forces Roman usurper [[Glycerius]] to abdicate the throne and proclaims himself Emperor of the [[Western Roman Empire]].
* [[637]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Moira]] is fought between the [[High King of Ireland]] and the Kings of [[Ulster]] and [[Dál Riata]]. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Baron Michael Morris Killanin|author2=Michael V. Duignan|title=The Shell guide to Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B6cMAQAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Gill and Macmillan|isbn=9780717115952}}</ref>
* [[843]] &ndash; The Vikings sack the French city of [[Viking Brittany|Nantes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thewildpeak.wordpress.com//the-viking-sack-of-nantes.html|title=The-viking-sack-of-nantes|date=12 March 2014|access-date=March 12, 2014}}</ref> 
* [[972]] &ndash; [[Battle of Cedynia]], the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.<ref>{{cite book|author=Tony Jaques|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3amnMPTPP5MC&pg=PA215|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-33537-2|pages=215}}</ref>
*[[1128]] &ndash; [[Battle of São Mamede]], near [[Guimarães]]: Forces led by [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso I]] defeat forces led by his mother [[Theresa, Countess of Portugal|Teresa of León]] and her lover [[Fernando Pérez de Traba]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Alan W. Ertl|title=Toward an Understanding of Europe: A Political Economic Précis of Continental Integration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X9PGRaZt-zcC&pg=PA300|year=2008|publisher=Universal-Publishers|isbn=978-1-59942-983-0|pages=300}}</ref>
*[[1230]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Jaén (1230)|Siege of Jaén]] begins, in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.<ref>{{cite book|author=Clifford J. Rogers|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mzwpq6bLHhMC&pg=RA1-PA435|year=2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-533403-6|pages=1}}</ref>
*[[1314]] &ndash; [[First War of Scottish Independence]]: The [[Battle of Bannockburn]] concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by [[Robert the Bruce]].<ref name="White1871">{{cite book|author=Robert White|title=A History of the Battle of Bannockburn, Fought A.D. 1314: With Notices of the Principal Warriors who Engaged in that Conflict|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vVwVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA77|year=1871|publisher=Edmonston and Douglas|pages=77}}</ref>
*[[1340]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Battle of Sluys]]: The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded in person by King [[Edward III of England|Edward III]].
*[[1374]] &ndash; A sudden outbreak of [[Dancing mania|St. John's Dance]] causes people in the streets of [[Aachen]], Germany, to experience [[hallucination]]s and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
*[[1497]] &ndash; [[John Cabot]] lands in North America at [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] leading the first European exploration of the region since the [[Vikings]].
*[[1509]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and [[Catherine of Aragon]] are crowned King and Queen of England.
*[[1535]] &ndash; The [[Anabaptist]] state of [[Münster Rebellion|Münster]] is conquered and disbanded.
*[[1540]] &ndash; English King [[Henry VIII]] commands his fourth wife, [[Anne of Cleves]], to leave the court.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ecclesiastical memorials relating chiefly to religion, and the reformation of it, and the emergencies of the Church of England, under King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, and Queen Mary I: with large appendixes, containing original papers, records, &c. |url=https://archive.org/details/ecclesiasticalme0102stry/page/n3/mode/2up |last=Strype |first=John |year=1822 |pages=[https://archive.org/stream/ecclesiasticalme0102stry#page/450/mode/2up 450–463] |volume=1}}</ref>
*[[1571]] &ndash; [[Miguel López de Legazpi]] conquers [[Manila]] for Spain, modern day capital of the [[Philippines]].
*[[1593]] &ndash; The Dutch city of [[Geertruidenberg]] held by the Spanish, [[Siege of Geertruidenberg (1593)|capitulates to a besieging Dutch and English]] army led by [[Maurice of Nassau]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Black|first=Jeremy|title=European Warfare, 1494-1660 Warfare and History|date=2005|page=112|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134477081}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[Samuel de Champlain]] encounters the mouth of the [[Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)|Saint John River]], site of [[Reversing Falls]] and the present-day city of [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], Canada.
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Battle of Macau]]: The Dutch make a failed attempt to capture [[Macau]].
*[[1663]] &ndash; The Spanish garrison of [[Évora]] capitulates, following the Portuguese victory at the [[Battle of Ameixial]]. 
*[[1717]] &ndash; The [[Premier Grand Lodge of England]] is founded in London, the first [[Freemasonry|Masonic]] [[Grand Lodge]] in the world (now the [[United Grand Lodge of England]]).
*[[1724]] &ndash; On the [[Nativity of St John the Baptist|Feast of St. John the Baptist]], [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] leads the first performance of his ''{{lang|de|[[Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7|Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam]]}}'', BWV{{nbsp}}7, the third cantata of his [[chorale cantata cycle]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000008?lang=en | title = Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam BWV 7; BC A 177 | website = [[Bach Digital]] | date = 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Battle of Wilhelmsthal]]: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Great Siege of Gibraltar]] begins.
*[[1793]] &ndash; The [[French Constitution of 1793|first Republican constitution]] in France is adopted.
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: Napoleon's [[Grande Armée]] crosses the [[Neman (river)|Neman]] river beginning the [[French invasion of Russia|invasion]] of Russia.
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Battle of Beaver Dams]]: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Battle of Carabobo]]: Decisive battle in the war of independence of [[Venezuela]] from Spain.
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Battle of Solferino]] (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): [[Sardinia]] and France defeat Austria in [[Solferino]], northern Italy.
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Battle of Custoza (1866)|Battle of Custoza]]: An [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] army defeats the Italian army during the [[Austro-Prussian War]].
*[[1880]] &ndash; First performance of ''[[O Canada]]'' at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the [[national anthem]] of Canada.
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Assassination of Sadi Carnot|Assassination of the French President, Sadi Carnot]] by [[Sante Geronimo Caserio|Sante Caserio]] during the ''[[Ère des attentats]]'' (1892-1894).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm43706446 |title=Regards populaires sur la violence |date=2000 |publisher=Publications de l'Université de Saint-Etienne |isbn=978-2-86272-180-4 |editor-last=Piarotas |editor-first=Mireille |series=Travaux / Centre interdisciplinaire d'études et de recherches sur l'expression contemporaine |location=Saint-Etienne |pages=141–142 |oclc=ocm43706446}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1913]] &ndash; Greece and [[Serbia]] annul their alliance with [[Bulgaria]].
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Mary Pickford]] becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
*[[1918]] &ndash; First [[airmail]] service in Canada from [[Montreal]] to [[Toronto]].
*[[1922]] &ndash; The American Professional Football Association is renamed the [[National Football League]].
*[[1932]] &ndash; A bloodless [[Siamese revolution of 1932|revolution]] instigated by the [[Khana Ratsadon|People's Party]] ends the absolute power of King [[Prajadhipok]] of [[Rattanakosin Kingdom|Siam]] (now [[Thailand]]).
*[[1938]] &ndash; Pieces of a [[meteorite]] land near [[Chicora, Pennsylvania]]. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450&nbsp;[[metric ton]]s when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
*[[1939]] &ndash; Siam is renamed Thailand by [[Plaek Phibunsongkhram]], the country's third [[Prime Minister of Thailand|prime minister]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Operation Collar (commando raid)|Operation Collar]], the first [[British Commandos|British Commando]] raid on occupied France, by No&nbsp;11 [[Independent Company]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in [[Bamber Bridge]], England, sparking the [[Battle of Bamber Bridge]] mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
*[[1945]] &ndash; The first [[Victory Day Parade]] takes place on [[Red Square]] in [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]], symbolizing the victory of the Soviet Union over [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>{{cite web |website=Presidential Library |url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/history/619337 |title=VICTORY PARADE TOOK PLACE ON THE RED SQUARE |date=24 June 1945}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Kenneth Arnold]] makes the first widely reported [[Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting|UFO sighting]] near [[Mount Rainier]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]].
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: Start of the [[Berlin Blockade]]: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and [[West Berlin]] impossible.
*[[1949]] &ndash; The first [[Westerns on television|television western]], ''[[Hopalong Cassidy]]'', starring [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]], is aired on [[NBC]].
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Apartheid]]: In South Africa, the [[Group Areas Act]] is passed, formally segregating races.
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[First Indochina War]]: [[Battle of Mang Yang Pass]]: [[Viet Minh]] troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M.&nbsp;100 of France in [[An Khê]].
*[[1957]] &ndash; In ''[[Roth v. United States]]'', the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that obscenity is not protected by the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]].
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Venezuela]]n President [[Rómulo Betancourt]] is injured in an [[Assassination attempt of Rómulo Betancourt|assassination attempt]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; The United Kingdom grants [[Zanzibar]] internal self-government.
*[[1973]] &ndash; The [[UpStairs Lounge arson attack]] takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation.
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Eastern Air Lines Flight 66]] encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|JFK Airport]] killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lessonslearned.faa.gov/ll_main.cfm?TabID=1&LLID=67 |title=Eastern Airlines Flight 66, B727 |publisher=[[Federal Aviation Administration]] |website=lessonslearned.faa.gov |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; The [[Humber Bridge]] opens to traffic, connecting [[Yorkshire]] and [[Lincolnshire]]. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17&nbsp;years.
*[[1982]] &ndash; "The Jakarta Incident": [[British Airways Flight 009]] flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of [[Mount Galunggung]], resulting in the failure of all four engines.<!--Resulted in world record, book, awards, etc. -->
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Jiang Zemin]] succeeds [[Zhao Ziyang]] to become the [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] after the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre]].
*[[1994]] &ndash; A [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress]] [[1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash|crashes]] at [[Fairchild Air Force Base]] near [[Spokane, Washington]], killing four.<ref name="atrgatfc">{{cite news |last=Jewell |first=Mark |date=25 June 1995 |title=Another tragedy at Fairchild |page=1 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |agency=Associated Press |location=(Idaho-Washington) |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-vwtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qNAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5783%2C2507852}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[1995 Rugby World Cup|Rugby World Cup]]: [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] defeats [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] and [[Nelson Mandela]] presents [[Francois Pienaar]] with the [[Webb Ellis Cup]] in an iconic post-[[apartheid]] moment.
*[[2002]] &ndash; The [[Igandu train disaster]] in [[Tanzania]] kills 281, the worst train accident in [[Africa]]n history.
*[[2004]] &ndash; In New York, [[capital punishment]] is declared unconstitutional.
*[[2010]] &ndash; At [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], [[John Isner]] of the United States defeats [[Nicolas Mahut]] of France, in [[Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships|the longest match in professional tennis history]].
*  2010   &ndash; [[Julia Gillard]] assumes office as the first female [[Prime Minister of Australia]].
*[[2012]] &ndash; Death of [[Lonesome George]], the last known individual of ''[[Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii]]'', a subspecies of the [[Galápagos tortoise]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; Former [[Prime Minister of Italy|Italian Prime Minister]] [[Silvio Berlusconi]] is [[Silvio Berlusconi prostitute trial|found guilty]] of abusing his power and engaging in sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.
*[[2021]] &ndash; The Champlain Towers South condominium in [[Surfside, Florida]] suffers a [[Surfside condominium collapse|sudden partial collapse]], killing 98 people inside.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gorman |first=Steve |date=2021-07-27 |title=Final death toll from Florida condominium collapse put at 98 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/final-death-toll-florida-condominium-collapse-put-98-2021-07-26/ |access-date=2022-03-23}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; In ''[[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization]]'', the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that the [[Constitution of the United States|U.S. Constitution]] does not assign the authority to regulate [[abortion]]s to the federal government, thereby returning such authority to the individual states. This overturns the prior decisions in ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' (1973) and ''[[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]]'' (1992).<ref>{{cite web |last=Liptak|first=Adam |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/24/us/roe-wade-abortion-supreme-court|title=Ending Constitutional Right to Abortion, Supreme Court Reshapes U.S. Politics|work=The New York Times|date=June 24, 2022|access-date=June 24, 2022}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; The [[Wagner Group]] led by [[Yevgeny Prigozhin]] [[Wagner Group rebellion|launches an insurrection]] against the [[Government of Russia|Russian government.]]<ref>{{cite web |website=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-06-24-23/index.html |title=June 24, 2023 - Wagner head says group standing down |date=24 June 2023 |author1=Helen Regan |author2=Andrew Raine |author3=Sophie Tanno |author4=Hafsa Khalil |author5=Tori B. Powell |author6=Adrienne Vogt |author7=Kaanita Iyer}}</ref>