^B{^#!16!21 June^N! Feast day of St Aloysius Gonzaga, St Leufred, St Mewan, St Engelmund, St John Rigby, St Eusebius of Samosata, and St Leutfridus.
^B{1661^B} The Peace of Kardis was signed between Russia and Sweden, ending the northern war; Russia abandoned all claims to Livonia. ^B{1788 ^B}The US constitution came into force, when ratified by the 9th state, New Hampshire. ^B{1798 ^B}British General Gerard Lake defeated Irish rebels at Vinegar Hill and entered Wexford, ending the Irish Rebellion. ^B{1813 ^B}The Duke of Wellington completely routed the French at Vittoria, forcing the Spanish king, Napoleon's brother Joseph, to return to France. ^B{1827 ^B}Robert Peel reformed English criminal law, by reducing the number of capital offenses, abolishing the immunity of the clergy from arrest in cases of felony, and by defining the law of offenses against property in a simplified form. ^B{1887 ^B}Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. ^B{1887 ^B}Britain annexed Zululand, blocking the attempt of Transvaal to gain communication with the coast. ^B{1919 ^B}The German fleet was scuttled in Scapa Flow, in the Orkneys. ^B{1942 ^B}German forces under Field-Marshal Rommel captured Tobruk. ^B{1970^B} Brazil won the World Cup for the third time.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Increase Mather, American clergyman and president of Harvard, ^B{1639^B}; William Stubbs, English historian, ^B{1825^B}; Claude Auchinleck, British field-marshal, ^B{1884^B}; Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher, novelist, and playwright, ^B{1905^B}; Jane Russell, US film actress, ^B{1920^B}; Franτoise Sagan, French novelist, ^B{1935^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Edward III, ^B{1377^B}; John Skelton, English poet, ^B{1529^B}; Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter, ^B{1547^B}; John Smith, Virginian colonist, ^B{1631^B}; Inigo Jones, English architect and stage designer, ^B{1652^B}; Lord William Russell, English politician, ^B{1683^B}; Alexius Petrovich, son of Peter the Great, died in prison, ^B{1718^B}; Charles, Viscount Townshend, English politician, ^B{1738^B}; George Hepplewhite, English cabinet-maker, ^B{1786^B}; Friedrich Froebel, German educator, ^B{1852^B}; Jean-Edouard Vuillard, French painter, ^B{1940^B}.
