^B{^#!16!15 June^N! Official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. Feast day of St Trillo, St Vitus and his Companions, St Bardo, St Aleydia, St Germaine Cousin of Pibrac, St Hesychius of Durostorum, St Landelinus, St Edburga of Winchester, St Tatian Dulas, and St Orsiesus.
^B{1520^B} Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther by the bull Exsurge. ^B{1658^B} The Mogul emperor Aurangzeb imprisoned his father the Shah, after winning a battle at Samgarh. ^B{1672^B} The Sluices were opened in Holland to save Amsterdam from the French. ^B{1836^B} Arkansas became the 25th state of the US. ^B{1855^B} Stamp duty on British newspapers was abolished. ^B{1869^B} Celluloid was patented in the US. ^B{1954^B} The Convention People's Party, led by Kwame Nkrumah, won the Gold Coast elections. ^B{1977^B} Spain had its first general elections since 1936.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Edward (the Black Prince), ^B{1330^B}; St Francesco de Paolo, ^B{1416^B}; Joannes Argyropoulos, Greek scholar, ^B{1416^B}; Thomas Randolph, English poet and playwright, ^B{1605^B}; Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer, ^B{1843^B}; Richard Baker, English broadcaster, ^B{1925^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Wat Tyler, English rebel leader, ^B{1381^B}; Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, ^B{1467^B}; Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, French writer, ^B{1750^B}; James Knox Polk, ^B{11th president of the US, ^B{1849^B}; Evelyn Underhill, English poet and mystic, ^B{1941^B}.
