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June 7, 1099 The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem began.In this climax of the First Crusade, the Christian army encamped before the city and began the siege that was to result in the capture of the city more than a month later. 1420 Troops of the Republic of Venice captured Udine, ending the independence of the Patriarchal State of Friuli. 1329 Robert the Bruce died. 1494 Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divided the New World between the two countries.

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June 6, 1513 Italian Wars: Battle of Novara. Swiss troops defeated the French under Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke Massimiliano Sforza was restored. 1523 Gustav Vasa was elected King of Sweden, marking the end of the Kalmar Union, which had united the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway (with Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Shetland,and Orkney),and Sweden.

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June 5, 70 Titus and his Roman legions breached the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem. 1257 Kraków, Poland received city rights. 1294 Saint Celestine V was elected Roman Catholic pope. He was unhappy with the office and abdicated before the year was out. 1798 The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster was defeated.

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June 4, 781 BC – The first historic solar eclipse was recorded in China. 1039 Henry III became Holy Roman Emperor. 1070 the process of making Roquefort cheese was discovered by an anonymous shepherd in a cave near Roquefort, France.

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June 3, 350 Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaimed himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. 1098 First Crusade: Antioch fell to the crusaders after an eight-month siege. 1162 Thomas À Becket consecrated Archbishop. When Henry II appointed his old friend to this powerful post, he thought Becket would continue to support him in the ongoing struggle of state vs. church. Becket would soon prove otherwise.

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June 2,455 Rome was captured and brutally sacked by Geiseric the Vandal. 575 Benedict I was confirmed as pope. 597 Saxon King Ethelbert was converted to Christianity and baptized by St. Augustine of Canterbury. 1098 First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ended as Crusader forces took the city. The second siege began on June 7. 1420 Henry V married Catherine of Valois.

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June 1, 193 Roman Emperor Didius Julianus was assassinated. 987 Hugh Capet was elected King of France. 1204 King Philip Augustus of France conquered Rouen. 1215 Beijing, then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, was captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Beijing. 1252 Alfonso X was elected King of Castile and León. 1298 residents of Riga and Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida. 1495 Friar John Cor (Lindores Abbey, Scotland) recorded the first known batch of scotch whisky. 1533 Anne Boleyn was crowned Queen of England.