#1561 – The steeple of St Paul&039;s
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Today in history, 4 june
Today in history, 4 june
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Today in history, 4 june
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1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.[1] 1561 – The steeple of St Paul’s, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt. 1615 – Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka…
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#000 troops from Dunkirk in France#1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing#1561 – The steeple of St Paul&039;s#1615 – Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan#1745 – Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great&039;s Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexande#1760 – Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia#1783 – The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon)#1784 – Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon#1792 – Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain#1802 – King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother#1812 – Following Louisiana&039;s admittance as a U#1825 – General Lafayette#1855 – Major Henry C#1859 – Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta#1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River#1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco#1878 – Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title#1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle#1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage#1913 – Emily Davison#1916 – World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia#1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E#1919 – Women&039;s rights: The U#1920 – Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris#1928 – The President of the Republic of China#1932 – Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d&039;état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile#1939 – The Holocaust: The MS St#1940 – World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338#1942 – World War II: The Battle of Midway begins#1943 – A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo
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