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AncientPages.com - On June 23, 1314, the Battle of Bannockburn started. It was the first war of Scottish independence. Robert the Bruce, the guardian of Scotland, faced King Edward
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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
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AncientPages.com - On June 21, 1547, a large fire engulfed the city of Moscow, almost destroying the Kremlin and the capital. Rumors of witchcraft, riots and a new era
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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
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AncientPages.com - Very little is known about the mysterious Picts and yet, they played a vital role in the history of Scotland. These brave and determined people repelled the conquests of
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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
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AncientPages.com - On June 18, 1928, Amelia Earhart flew from Newfoundland, Canada, to Wales. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record. Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon
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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
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AncientPages.com - On June 16, 1779, the Great Siege of Gibraltar began when Spain declared war on the Kingdom of Great Britain. This historical event was the most significant
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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
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AncientPages.com - On June 14, 1834, the first U.S. patent for a practical underwater diving suit was issued to Leonard Norcross of Dixfield, Maine. It is the first closed
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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
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AncientPages.com - On June 12, 1381, the first great popular rebellion in English history began and was known as the Peasants' Revolt or Wat Tyler's Rebellion. From the
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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
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AncientPages.com - On June 11, 323 BC, Alexander the Great, son of King Philip II of Macedon, died in Babylon after suffering ten days of high fever. Theories
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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
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AncientPages.com - On June 9, 68, Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide. He was the notoriously brutal Roman Emperor responsible for the Great Fire of Rome, the bloody persecution
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AncientPages.com - On June 8, 1191, the famous English King Richard the Lionheart arrived in the Holy Land to participate in the Crusade. He arrived with an English fleet of 100
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AncientPages.com - On June 7, 1863, French troops under General François Achille Bazaine entered Mexico City. The main army entered the city three days later, led by a
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AncientPages.com - On June 6, 1944, there was D-Day. This important day in European history will never be forgotten. The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations
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AncientPages.com - On June 5, 70 CE, the Roman Siege of Jerusalem ended as rebel forces in the city were beaten. Titus and his Roman legions breach the
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AncientPages.com - On June 4, 1798, Casanova – the famous seducer and adventurer, dies in a Castle in Bohemia. Giacomo Casanova by Francesco Narici. Image credit: Public Domain Giacomo
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AncientPages.com - On June 3, 1853, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie was born at Charlton, near Greenwich, London, England. Sir Petrie was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who made
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AncientPages.com - On June 2, 1858, Comet Donati was first observed by astronomer Giovanni Battista Donati in Florence, Italy. Donati Comet is considered one of the most spectacular astronomical
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AncientPages.com - On June 1, 1676, a dramatic naval Battle of Öland was fought between the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea and an allied Danish-Dutch fleet. Just
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty had an ancient dagger from outer space, archaeologists have revealed. The dagger, buried alongside Tutankhamun was
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AncientPages.com - On May 31, 1279, BC, Ramesses II (1303 BC-1213 BC) became the third king of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt at the age of twenty-five. Ramesses II
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AncientPages.com - On May 30, 1010, Emperor Renzong of Song was born. His name was Zhao Zhen, and he was the fourth emperor of the Song dynasty in
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AncientPages.com - On May 29, 1660, Charles II was restored to the throne. The years of his reign are known in English history as the Restoration period. During this
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