What is June 6?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1508]] &ndash; [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] is defeated in [[Friuli]] by [[Venice|Venetian]] troops. * [[1513]] &ndash; Italian Wars: [[Battle of Novara]]: [[Switzerland|Swiss]] troops defeat the [[France|French]] under [[Louis de la Tremoille]], forcing the French to abandon [[Milan]]. Duke [[Massimiliano Sforza]] is restored to power. * [[1523]] &ndash; [[Gustav Vasa]] is elected [[King]] of [[Sweden]], ending the [[Kalmar Union]]. * [[1586]] &ndash; [[Francis Drake]]'s forces raid St. Augustine, [[Florida]]. * [[1644]] &ndash; The [[Qing Dynasty]] Manchu forces under Shunzhi Emperor capture [[Beijing]] during the collapse of the [[Ming Dynasty]]. * [[1674]] &ndash; [[Shivaji]], founder of the [[Maratha Empire]], is crowned. * [[1683]] &ndash; The [[Ashmolean Museum]] in [[Oxford]], [[England]], opens as the world's first [[university]] [[museum]]. * [[1752]] &ndash; One third of [[Moscow]] is destroyed by [[fire]]. * [[1808]] &ndash; [[Joseph Bonaparte]] is proclaimed [[King]] of [[Spain]]. * [[1809]] &ndash; [[Sweden]] introduces a new [[constitution]]. * [[1813]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: [[Battle of Stoney Creek]] – A British force of 700 under [[John Vincent]] defeats an American force twice its size under [[William Winder]] and [[John Chandler]]. * [[1833]] &ndash; [[Andrew Jackson]] becomes the first [[President of the United States]] to ride on a [[train]]. * [[1838]] &ndash; The [[Indian Removal Act]] enters into force. [[US]] troops under [[Winfield Scott]] start removing [[Native American]] [[Cherokee]]s from their ancestral homeland to a [[Indian reservation|reservation]] in [[Oklahoma]] in what becomes known as the [[Trail of Tears]] in which 4,000 to 10,000 Cherokees die. * [[1844]] &ndash; The [[Young Men's Christian Association]] is founded in [[London]]. * [[1857]] &ndash; [[Sophia of Nassau]] marries future King [[Oscar II of Sweden|Oscar II]] of [[Sweden]]–[[Norway]]. * [[1859]] &ndash; [[Queensland]] is established as a separat