馃搮 Today in HistoryJune 21
A Carthaginian force under Hannibal ambushes and defeats a Roman army commanded by Gaius Flaminius in the battle of lake Trasimene during the Second Punic War.
A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarios sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily.
Caliph al-Muhtadi is killed by rebellious troops and is succeeded by his cousin Al-Mu'tamid.
French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac.
Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimy艒s, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.
In Montreal, New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Ang茅lique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.
James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
