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• 16th June 1824: Reformers meet in London to establish what becomes the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 16.06.2026

  The meeting in Old Slaughter’s Coffee House formalised the organisation’s structure and objectives. Early activities included bringing prosecutions against individuals accused of mistreating animals, distributing pamphlets, and encouraging more humane standards in markets, transport, and ...
• 15th June 1215: Magna Carta approved by King John at Runnymede near Windsor in England 15.06.2026

  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 14.06.2026

  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 ...
• 13th June 1917: The deadliest air raid on London of the First World War conducted by German Gotha bombers 13.06.2026

  162 people were killed and over 400 were injured, including at a school in Upper North Street School in Poplar where a bomb struck during school ...
• 12th June 1987: Ronald Reagan calls on Mikhail Gorbachev to ‘Tear down this wall!’ 12.06.2026

  US President Ronald Reagan made a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in which he called on the USSR’s leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to ‘Tear down this ...
• 11th June 1837: Broad Street Riot takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, between Irish immigrants and existing American citizens 11.06.2026

  The violence grew to involve around 1,000 people on both sides who also broke into houses and destroyed ...
• 10th June 1605: False Dmitry I enters Moscow and is recognised as tsar following the death of Boris Godunov 10.06.2026

  False Dmitry asserted that he was Dmitry Ivanovich, the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible. With support from Polish nobles, mercenaries, and anti-Godunov factions, he entered Russian territory from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in ...
• 9th June 1815: ‘Final Act’ of the Congress of Vienna signed, nine days before Napoleon’s final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo 09.06.2026

  The Final Act of the Congress set in place a map of Europe that remained largely unchanged for the next forty years, and which laid the foundations for the First World ...
• 8th June 793: Viking raiders attack Lindisfarne in Northumbria 08.06.2026

  Norse raiders attacked the holy island of Lindisfarne off the Northumbrian coast in an event that is generally accepted as the start of the ‘Viking’ period of British ...
• 7th June 1788: Day of the Tiles breaks out in the French city of Grenoble, serving as an early precursor to the French Revolution 07.06.2026

  Royal troops entered Grenoble to dissolve the parlement and remove magistrates from the city. Crowds of townspeople gathered in response, and protesters climbed onto rooftops from where they threw roof tiles at the troops ...
• 6th June 1944: D-Day landings launched by the Allied forces of the Second World War in Normandy 06.06.2026

  The amphibious landings in Normandy are still the largest seaborne invasion ever to be staged, and marked the start of the Allied invasion of Nazi-held Western ...
• 5th June 1967: Start of the Six Day War as Israel launches air strikes against the Egyptian air force 05.06.2026

  By the time a final ceasefire was signed on 10 June, Israel’s territorial gains had put around a million Arabs under their control, signalling the start of a new phase in Arab-Israeli ...
• 4th June 1916: Russian Army begins the Brusilov Offensive on the Eastern Front of the First World War 04.06.2026

  The Brusilov Offensive is regarded as one of the most effective operations of the war in terms of tactical innovation and initial results as it involved simultaneous attacks across a broad front to prevent Austro-Hungarian forces from concentrating ...
• 3rd June 1989: Tiananmen Square protesters fired on by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army 03.06.2026

  Official figures reported 241 deaths as a result of the crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests but unofficial estimates, including one by the US Ambassador at the time, place the figure at more than twice ...
• 2nd June 1946: Italians vote in a referendum to abolish the monarchy and turn their country into a republic 02.06.2026

  More than 89% of eligible Italian citizens voted in the referendum, with 54.3% voting in favour of turning the country into a ...
• 1st June 1980: CNN begins broadcasting as the first 24-hour news channel 01.06.2026

  Media entrepreneur Ted Turner assembled a newsroom capable of operating at all hours, recruiting journalists, and establishing technical systems for live reporting of events, supplemented by analysis, interviews, and repeated ...
• 31st May 1981: Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka burnt down during a violent attack 31.05.2026

  The Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka was burnt down during a violent rampage by an organised mob of ethnic ...
• 30th May 1431: Joan of Arc executed in the French city of Rouen for heresy 30.05.2026

  Joan was accused of being a witch and a heretic due to the voices she heard and visions she witnessed, but the crime that condemned her to death was that of wearing men’s ...
• 29th May 1854: Paddington Station opens as the London terminus of the Great Western Railway 29.05.2026

  The completed station was formally opened for use on 29 May 1854 to link London with the west of England and South Wales, reflecting the broader growth of rail transport during the mid-nineteenth ...
• 28th May 1987: Mathias Rust, an 18-year-old amateur pilot from West Germany, illegally landed a private aircraft near Moscow’s Red Square 28.05.2026

  Rust approached Moscow in the early evening and, after passing the city's ‘Ring of Steel’ anti-aircraft defences, touched down on a bridge next to St Basil’s Cathedral and taxied his aircraft into Red ...