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23rd June 1894: Establishment of the International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne in ...

22nd June 1633: Galileo Galilei forced to recant his belief in heliocentrism after being found ‘suspect of heresy’ by the Papal Inquisition

Galileo was sentenced to house arrest where he remained for the final nine years of his ...

21st June 1791: Louis XVI’s attempts to escape from Paris in the Flight to Varennes

King Louis XVI of France and his family were caught attempting to escape Paris during the Flight to ...

20th June 1756: British prisoners locked in the ‘Black Hole of Calcutta’

British prisoners of war were imprisoned in the ‘Black Hole of Calcutta’ after the Bengali army captured Fort William from the East India ...

19th June 1978: Garfield cartoon strip first published

On the 19th June 1978, the Garfield comic strip was first ...

18th June 1887: Germany and Russia sign the secret Reinsurance Treaty

Germany and Russia signed the secret Reinsurance Treaty that ensured they would each remain neutral if the other went to war with a third European ...

17th June 1885: Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbour on board the French steamship Isère

The statue arrived disassembled, and remained in its 210 separate crates for 10 months while construction of the enormous pedestal it was to stand on was ...

16th June 1846: Pope Pius IX begins the longest ever reign of a Catholic Pope

Born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, Pius IX’s election by the Papal conclave of 1846 came at a time of significant political unrest across ...

15th June 1215: Magna Carta approved by King John at Runnymede near Windsor in England

Magna Carta, which is Latin for ‘the Great Charter’, confirmed the principle that everyone including the king was subject to the law of the land and gave all free men the right to justice and a fair ...

14th June 1645: The Battle of Naseby fought in the English Civil War

The Battle of Naseby, a decisive engagement of the English Civil War, was fought between the Royalist army of King Charles I and the Parliamentarian New Model ...