8th June 793: Viking raiders attack Lindisfarne in Northumbria
08/06/2026
Norse raiders attacked the holy island of Lindisfarne off the Northumbrian coast in an event that is generally accepted as the start of the ‘Viking’ period of British ...
7th June 1788: Day of the Tiles breaks out in the French city of Grenoble, serving as an early precursor to the French Revolution
07/06/2026
Royal troops entered Grenoble to dissolve the parlement and remove magistrates from the city. Crowds of townspeople gathered in response, and protesters climbed onto rooftops from where they threw roof tiles at the troops ...
6th June 1944: D-Day landings launched by the Allied forces of the Second World War in Normandy
06/06/2026
The amphibious landings in Normandy are still the largest seaborne invasion ever to be staged, and marked the start of the Allied invasion of Nazi-held Western ...
5th June 1967: Start of the Six Day War as Israel launches air strikes against the Egyptian air force
05/06/2026
By the time a final ceasefire was signed on 10 June, Israel’s territorial gains had put around a million Arabs under their control, signalling the start of a new phase in Arab-Israeli ...
4th June 1916: Russian Army begins the Brusilov Offensive on the Eastern Front of the First World War
04/06/2026
The Brusilov Offensive is regarded as one of the most effective operations of the war in terms of tactical innovation and initial results as it involved simultaneous attacks across a broad front to prevent Austro-Hungarian forces from concentrating ...
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