^B{^#!16!17 June^N! National day of Iceland. Feast day of St Moling, St Adulf, St Nectan, St Botulf, St Alban, St Avitus, St Bessarion, St Hypatius, St Rainerius of Pisa, St Emily de Vialai, St HervΘ, Saints Nicander and Marcian, and Saints Teresa and Sanchia of Portugal.
^B{1128^B} Henry I's daughter, Matilda, widow of Henry V, married Geoffrey Plantagenet of Anjou; she was recognized in England as her father's heir. ^B{1579^B} Francis Drake proclaimed England's sovereignty over New Albion (California). ^B{1617^B} James I met his Scottish Parliament. His proposal that the Scottish lords should surrender to the Crown their hereditable jurisdictions met with vigorous opposition, but the five Articles of Religion, for introducing Anglican principles to Scottish worship were endorsed. ^B{1775^B} In the Revolutionary War, British troops won a victory at Bunker Hill. ^B{1940^B} Russian troops occupied the Baltic states.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Edward I, ^B{1239^B}; Pedro Calder≤n de la Barca, Spanish playwright, ^B{1600^B}; Charles XII of Sweden, ^B{1682^B}; John Wesley, English evangelist, ^B{1703^B}; Charles Franτois Gounod, French composer, ^B{1818^B}; William Crookes, English chemist, ^B{1832^B}; Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer, ^B{1882^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}John Sobieski, king of Poland, ^B{1696^B}; Joseph Addison, English essayist and poet, ^B{1719^B}; Claude, Duc de Villars, French soldier, ^B{1734^B}; Prosper Jolyot de CrΘbillon, French playwright, ^B{1762^B}; Edward Burne-Jones, English painter, ^B{1898^B}; Annie S Swan (Mrs Burnett Smith), Scottish novelist, ^B{1943^B}; Imre Nagy, Hungarian prime minister, executed, ^B{1958^B}.
