^B{^#!16!7 June^N! Feast day of St Meriasek, St Robert of Newminster, St Anthony Gianelli, St Gottschalk, St Vulflagius, St Willibald, St Colman of Dromore, and St Paul I of Constantinople.
^B{1494^B} By the Treaty of Tordesillas, Spain and Portugal agreed to divide the New World between themselves: Portugal was to have all lands east of a line north and south drawn 370 leagues west of Cape Verde, Spain to have the rest. ^B{1497^B} English King Henry VII defeats the Cornish rebels under Lord Audley at Blackheath. ^B{1523^B} Gustavus Vasa was elected Gustavus I of Sweden. ^B{1535^B} John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, is tried for treason (he was executed on 22 June). ^B{1672^B} Dutch Admiral de Ruyter was successful in action against the combined English and French fleets in Southwold Bay. ^B{1832^B} The Reform Bill became law; over 140 seats were redistributed, and in the boroughs all antiquated forms of franchise were eliminated and the franchise was extended to include leaseholders paying minimum of ú10 rent per annum, while in counties the 40-shilling freehold qualification was retained and certain lease-holders acquired the vote.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}John Rennie, Scottish engineer, ^B{1761^B}; Alexander Pushkin, Russian novelist, playwright, and poet, ^B{1799^B}; James Young Simpson, Scottish obstetrician who pioneered the use of anesthetics, ^B{1811^B}; Pietro Annigoni, Italian painter, ^B{1910^B}; Paul Gauguin, French painter, ^B{1848^B}; James Ivory, US film director, ^B{1928^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Robert I 'the Bruce', king of Scotland, ^B{1329^B}; David Cox, English painter, ^B{1859; Jean Harlow, US film actress, ^B{1937^B}; Dorothy Parker, US writer, ^B{1967^B}; E M Forster, English novelist, ^B{1970^B}; Henry Miller, US novelist, ^B{1980^B}.
