^B{^#!16!2 June^N! National Day of Italy. Feast day of St Erasmus, St Oda, St Attalus, Saints Marcellinus and Peter, St Eugenius I, pope, St Nicholas the Pilgrim, St Stephen of Sweden, and St Pothinus and his Companions.
^B{1619^B} A treaty was signed between England and Holland, regulating the trade in the East between the English and Dutch East India Companies. ^B{1627^B} Charles I granted a charter of incorporation to the Guiana Company. ^B{1627^B} The Duke of Buckingham sailed from Portsmouth with a fleet to aid the Huguenots in the defense of La Rochelle. ^B{1780 ^B}The Gordon riots began in London, England, when Lord George Gordon headed a procession for presenting a petition to Parliament for repealing Catholic Relief act of 1778; Roman Catholic chapels were pillaged. ^B{1793^B} The final overthrow of Girondins and arrest of Jacques Brissot began the Reign of Terror. ^B{1916^B} The second battle of Ypres took place. ^B{1949^B} Transjordan was renamed the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. ^B{1953^B} The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place in Westminster Abbey. ^B{1989^B} In Tianenamen Square, Beijing, government troops massacred over 2,000 students who were peacefully demonstrating for political reform.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}John Sobieski, King of Poland, ^B{1624^B}; Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet, ^B{1840^B}; Edward Elgar, English composer, ^B{1857^B}; Julian Huxley, English biologist, ^B{1887^B}; Johnny Weissmuller, US swimmer who played Tarzan in films, ^B{1903^B}; Barry Levinson, US film director, ^B{1942^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}James Douglas, Earl of Morton, ^B{1581^B}; Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian nationalist, ^B{1882^B}; Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian playwright, ^B{1886^B}; Alfred Austin, English poet, ^B{1913^B}; Vita Sackville-West, English writer, ^B{1962^B}; AndrΘs Segovia, Spanish classical guitarist, ^B{1987^B}; Rex Harrison, British actor, ^B{1990^B}.
