June 15
763 BC Assyrians recorded a solar eclipse that was later used
to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
1094, El Cid, the great Spanish national
hero, captured Valencia from the Moors.
1184 King Magnus V of Norway was killed
at the Battle of Fimreite.
1215 Magna Carta sealed: Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule, King John puts his royal seal on the Magna Carta, or "Great Charter."
1219 King
Valdemar brought victory for Denmark. According to legend, the Danish flag fell
from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse (now Tallinn) in Estonia, turning
the tide in favor of the Danes.
1330 Edward, the Black Prince was born.
1381
Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, was beheaded in London.
1520
Pope Leo X threatened to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge
Domine.
