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 ...
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