^B{^#!16!19 June^N! Feast day of Saints Gervase and Protase, St Juliana Falconieri, St Romuald, St Boniface of Querfurt, St Deodatus of Nevers, and St Odo of Cambrai.
^B{1464^B} An ordinance of Louis XI in France created the poste, organizing relays of horses on the main roads for the king's business. ^B{1754 ^B}The Anglo-French war broke out in North America when a force under George Washington skirmished with French troops near Fort Duquesne. ^B{1769 ^B}Hyder Ali of Mysore compelled the British at Madras to sign a treaty of mutual assistance. ^B{1809 ^B}Curwen's Act was passed in Britain, to prevent the sale of Parliamentary seats, thus decreasing the number of seats which the British government can manipulate for its regular supporters. ^B{1829 ^B}Robert Peel's Act was passed, to establish a new police force in London, UK, and its suburbs. ^B{1867 ^B}Emperor Maximilian was executed in Mexico. ^B{1917 ^B}The British royal family renounced German names and titles, having adopted the name of Windsor. ^B{1965 ^B}Ben Bella, President of Algeria, was deposed; Houari BoumΘdienne headed a revolutionary council.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}James VI of Scotland and I of England, ^B{1566^B}; Thomas Fuller, English antiquarian and clergyman, ^B{1608^B}; Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, ^B{1623^B}; FΘlicitΘ Robert de Lamennais, French writer, ^B{1783^B}; Douglas, Earl Haig, British field-marshal, ^B{1861^B}; Ernst Chain, German-born British bacteriologist who developed penicillin, ^B{1906^B}; Salman Rushdie, British novelist, ^B{1947^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Alberico Gentili, Italian political writer, ^B{1608^B}; William Sherlock, English prelate, ^B{1707^B}; Ambrose Philips, English poet, ^B{1749^B}; Joseph Banks, English botanist, ^B{1820^B}; John Dalberg, Lord Acton, English historian, ^B{1902^B}; J M Barrie, Scottish author of Peter Pan, ^B{1937^B}.
