^B{^#!16!6 June^N! National Day of Sweden. Feast Day of St Jarlath, St Gudwal, St Ceratius, St Norbert, Saints Primus and Felician, St Claude of Besanτon, St Eustorgius II of Milan, and St Philip the Deacon.
^B{1457^B} Polish forces took Marienburg; the Teutonic Knights then made K÷nigsberg their headquarters. ^B{1636^B} Puritan American colonist Roger Williams, banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony, founded Providence, Rhode Island, a colony with complete religious freedom. ^B{1664^B} War broke out between England and Holland in the colonies and at sea. ^B{1797^B} Napoleon Bonaparte founded the Ligurian Republic in Genoa. ^B{1820^B} Caroline, Princess of Wales, whom George IV wished to divorce, triumphantly entered London, demanding her recognition as Queen. ^B{1844^B} The Factory Act in Britain restricted female workers to a 12-hour day; children between eight and 13 years were limited to six-and-a-half hours.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Diego y Velasquez, Spanish painter, ^B{1599^B}; Pierre Corneille, French playwright, ^B{1606^B}; Henry Newbolt, English poet, ^B{1862^B}; Robert Falcon Scott, English Antarctic explorer, ^B{1868^B}; Thomas Mann, German novelist, ^B{1875^B}; Ninette de Valois, Irish ballet dancer, ^B{1898^B}; Bj÷rn Borg, Swedish tennis player, ^B{1956^B}; Mike Gatting, English cricketer, ^B{1958^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}St Norbert of Xanten, archbishop of Magdeburg, ^B{1134^B}; George Anson, English sailor and explorer, ^B{1762^B}; Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher and jurist, ^B{1832^B}; James Agate, English critic and essayist, ^B{1947^B}; Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychiatrist, ^B{1961^B}; Robert Kennedy, US politician, assassinated, ^B{1968^B}.
