^B{^#!16!22 June^N! Feast day of St Acacius, Saints John Fisher and Thomas More, St Paulinus of Nola, St Nicetas of Remesiana, and St Eberhard of Salzburg.
^B{1377^B} Richard II became king of England. ^B{1671^B} Turkey declared war on Poland. ^B{1679^B} The Duke of Monmouth subdued an insurrection of Scottish Covenanters at Bothwell Bridge. ^B{1826^B} The Pan-American Congress met in Panama under the influence of Simon Bolivar in an unsuccessful effort to unite the American Republics. ^B{1894 ^B}Dahomey was proclaimed a French Colony. ^B{1907^B} In Britain, the Northern Line was opened on the London Underground.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}AndrΘ-Hercule de Fleury, French cardinal, ^B{1653^B}; Jean Chardin, French painter, ^B{1699^B}; Jacques Delille, French poet, ^B{1738^B}; Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian patriot, ^B{1805^B}; H Rider Haggard, English novelist, ^B{1856^B}; John Hunt, English mountaineer, ^B{1910^B}; Peter Pears, English tenor, ^B{1910^B}; Prunella Scales, English actress, ^B{1932^B}; Meryl Streep, US film actress, ^B{1949^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Roger I, king of Sicily, ^B{1101^B}; Niccol≥ Machiavelli, Italian politician and diplomat, ^B{1527^B}; Jane Shore, mistress of Edward IV, ^B{1527^B}; St John Fisher, bishop of Rochester, beheaded, ^B{1535^B}; Josiah Child, English merchant, ^B{1699^B}; Walter de la Mare, English author, ^B{1956^B}; Fred Astaire, US dancer and film actor, ^B{1987^B}.
