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AncientPages.com - On July 5, 1687, one of the most famous books in the history of science was published by Isaac Newton. Newton's own copy of his Principia Mathematica. Image

AncientPages.com - On July 3, 1841, astronomer John Couch Adams was one of two who independently discovered the planet Neptune. Many people consider him the true discoverer of the

AncientPages.com - On July 1, 69, Vespasian was elected the Roman Emperor. This historical event occurred during the troublesome period after Nero's death when several Roman emperors had a

AncientPages.com - On June 30, 1908, at 7.17 am, the legendary and mysterious Tunguska explosion occurred in the area of the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, located in Central Siberia approximately

AncientPages.com - On June 28, 1709, Peter the Great defeated Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle Of Poltava. The battle of Poltava was the turning point in

AncientPages.com - On June 26, 363, Roman Emperor Julian (also known as Julian the Apostate) died near Maranga, Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), aged 31, during a battle against the Sassanid army.

AncientPages.com - On June 24, 1348, the terrible Black Death arrived in Britain. The Black Death started in the Gobi Desert with a minor disease, Yersinia Pestis.  It first entered

AncientPages.com - On June 22, 1611, the crew of Discovery mutinies against its captain, English navigator Henry Hudson. Two years earlier, in 1609, Captain Hudson sailed to the Americas

AncientPages.com - On June 20th, 1840, Samuel F.B. Morse (1791 – 1872) received a patent for the single-wire telegraph system. He was a co-developer of the Morse Code

AncientPages.com - On June 19, 1667,  the Dutch navy executed the bravest raid in its maritime history. English troops assembled at the town of Rochester on the River

AncientPages.com - On June 17, 1885, the most iconic monument in the U.S., the Statue of Liberty, arrived in New York Harbor as a gift of friendship from

AncientPages.com - On June 15, 1215, the Magna Carta was signed between King John and the barons of Medieval England. 'Magna Carta' (in Latin: "Great Charter") was one of the most

AncientPages.com - On June 13, 313 AD, the Edict of Milan was signed by Roman Emperor Constantine, and the persecution of Christians ended. When Emperor Constantine ascended to the

AncientPages.com - An ancient human skeleton discovered in the bottom of an abandoned castle well in Trondheim, Norway confirms dramatic historical events mentioned in Norse Sagas. Sverres Saga is

AncientPages.com - On June 10, 1540, Thomas Cromwell was arrested in Westminster and sent to the Tower of London. An Act of Attainder convicted him of heresy and