What is June 21?
{{calendar}} {{day}} In most years, this is the date of the [[summer]] [[solstice]] in the [[northern hemisphere]], as the day with the most daylight hours. In the [[southern hemisphere]], this is the [[winter]] [[solstice]], with the least daylight hours. == Events == === Up to 1925 === * [[524]] &ndash; [[Battle of Vezerone]]: Burgundy triumphs over the French. * [[1529]] &ndash; [[France|French]] forces are driven out of Northern [[Italy]] by [[Spain]] in the [[Battle of Landriano]]. * [[1621]] &ndash; 27 [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[Nobleman|noblemen]] are executed in the Old Town Square in [[Prague]] as a consequence of the [[Battle of White Mountain]]. * [[1665]] &ndash; First soldiers of [[Le Régiment de Carignan-Salières]] arrive at [[Quebec]] to invade [[Iroquois]] territories. * [[1734]] &ndash; In [[Montreal]] in [[New France]] (today primarily [[Quebec]]), a black [[Slavery|slave]] known by the French name of [[Marie-Joseph Angélique]], was [[torture]]d then [[hanging|hanged]] by the [[France|French]] authorities in a public ceremony that involved her disgrace and the [[amputation]] of a hand. * [[1749]] &ndash; [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]] founded. * [[1767]] &ndash; English captain [[Samuel Wallis]] reaches the island of [[Tahiti]]. * [[1788]] &ndash; [[New Hampshire]] [[Ratification|ratifies]] the [[Constitution of the United States|U.S. Constitution]] and is thus admitted as the 9th state in the [[United States]]. * [[1791]] &ndash; King [[Louis XVI of France]] and members of his close family attempt to leave [[Paris]]. * [[1798]] &ndash; [[1798 Rebellion|Irish Rebellion of 1798]]: British Army defeats Irish rebels at [[Battle of Vinegar Hill]] * [[1813]] &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: [[Battle of Vitoria]] * [[1813]] &ndash; [[Laura Secord]] sets out to warn [[United Kingdom|British]] forces of impending [[United States|American]] attack at [[Queenston]], [[Ontario]]. * [[1824]] &ndash; [[Greek War of Independence]]: [[Egypt]]ian forces capture [[Psara]] in the [[Aegean Sea]]. * [[1859]] &ndash; [[Franco