June   

1       836.Vikings sacked London.

2        1953. The coronation of Queen Elizabeth 2^nd took place in Westminster Abbey.

3        1665. The English fleet defeated the Dutch in the Battle of Lowestoft.

4        1520. Henry 8^th met the French king Francis 1^st at the Field of the Cloth of Gold leading to a treaty between the two countries.

5        1916. HMS Hampshire was sunk with Lord Kitchener aboard.

6        1944. D Day. The Allied invasion of Europe began.

7        1832. The Reform Act became law. The voting franchise was increased.

8        1939. King George 6^th became the first British monarch to visit the USA.

9        1788. English botanist Joseph Banks founded the Africa Association to create interest in trade and exploration.

10    1829. The first ever boat race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities was won by Oxford.

11    The Hanoverian George 1^st became king of  Great Britain.

12    1667. The Dutch fleet under Admiral de Ruyter raided Chatham docks and captured the royal barge, the Royal Charles.

13    1944. The first flying bomb struck London.

14    1645. The Battle of Naseby took place. Cromwell defeated the Royalists.

15    1330. The birthday of Edward, the Black Prince.

16    1779. Spain declared war on Great Britain joining France and the American rebels. They began the siege of Gibraltar.

17    1579. Francis Drake proclaimed English sovereignty over New Albion (now California).

18    1815. The Battle of Waterloo. The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon with the help of the Prussians under Blucher.

19    1829. Robert Peel's Act was passed establishing a new London police orce.

20    1837. Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne on the death of William 4^th.

21    1887. Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.

22    1907. The Northern Line was opened on the London Underground.

23    1611. English explorer Henry Hudson and several crewmates were set adrift by mutineers never to be seen again.

24    1314. Robert the Bruce defeated the English at Bannockburn driving them out of Scotland.

25    1646. Oxford surrendered to the Roundheads bringing an end to the Civil War.

26    1937. Duke of Windsor married Wallis Simpson in France.

27    1801. Cairo was captured by British forces.

28    1914. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo beginning a chain of events leading to the start of the First World War.

29    1949. The beginning of the British dock strike.

30    1596. English forces under Lord Howard sacked Cadiz.    

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