^B{^#!16!20 June^N! Feast day of Edward the Martyr, St Alban, St Govan, St John of Matera, St Silverius, pope, St Bain, and St Adalbert of Magdeburg.
^B{840^B} Vikings sailed up the Seine as far as Rouen, for the first time. ^B{1530 ^B}The Diet of Augsburg met in the presence of Charles V, who was determined to exterminate heresy; Philip Melanchthon stated the Lutheran case, since Martin Luther was under the ban of the Empire. ^B{1756^B} Over 140 British subjects were imprisoned in a cell ('The Black Hole of Calcutta'); only 23 came out alive. ^B{1789^B} In France, the third estate took the Tennis Court oath, undertaking not to depart until a constitution was drawn up. ^B{1791 ^B}Louis XVI attempted to leave France, but was turned back at Varennes and taken to Paris. ^B{1837 ^B}On the death of William IV, Queen Victoria succeeded to the British throne. ^B{1837 ^B}Hanover was automatically separated from Britain, as Salic Law forbids female succession, and the throne was taken by Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, the eldest surviving son of George III. ^B{1837 ^B}Natal Republic was founded by Dutch settlers and a Constitution was proclaimed.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian, ^B{1723^B}; John Costello, Irish politician, ^B{1891^B}; Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer, ^B{1819^B}; Catherine Cookson, English novelist, ^B{1906^B}; Errol Flynn, Australian-born US film actor, ^B{1909^B}; Stephen Frears, English film director, ^B{1941^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Willem Barents, Dutch explorer, ^B{1597^B}; Emmanuel Joseph SieyΦs, French revolutionary leader, ^B{1836^B}; William IV, ^B{1837^B}; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer, ^B{1908^B}; Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary leader, assassinated, ^B{1923^B}; Bernard Baruch, US financier, ^B{1965^B}.
