What is June 1?
010101992 {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === *[[70 BC]] &ndash; An [[earthquake]] in [[Shandong]], [[China]], kills 6,000 people. *[[193]] &ndash; [[Roman Emperor]] [[Marcus Didius]] is killed in his big house. *[[1204]] &ndash; King [[Philip Augustus of France]] conquers [[Rouen]]. *[[1215]] &ndash; Zhongdu (now [[Beijing]]), then under control of [[Jin Dynasty|Jurchen]] ruler [[Emperor Xuanzong of Jin]], is captured by the [[Mongol Empire|Mongols]] under [[Genghis Khan]], ending in the [[Battle of Zhongdu]]. *[[1252]] &ndash; [[Alfonso X of Castile]] is elected [[King]] of [[Castile and Leon]]. *[[1283]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Rheinfelden]] – Duke [[Rudolph II of Austria]] has to waive his right to the [[duchy|Duchies]] of [[Austria]] and [[Styria (duchy)|Styria]]. *[[1298]] &ndash; Residents of [[Riga]] and the Grand Duchy of [[Lithuania]] defeat the [[Livonia]]n order in the [[Battle of Turaida]]. *[[1485]] &ndash; [[Matthias]] of [[Hungary]] took [[Vienna]] in his conquest of [[Austria]] (from [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick III]]) and made the city his capital. *[[1495]] &ndash; Friar [[John Cor]] records the first known batch of [[scotch whisky]]. *[[1533]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England]]'s new wife, [[Anne Boleyn]], is crowned as [[Queen consort|queen]]. *[[1535]] &ndash; Combined forces loyal to [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] attack and expel the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] from [[Tunis]] during the Conquest of Tunis. *[[1648]] &ndash; [[Second English Civil War]]: The [[Roundheads]] defeat the [[Cavaliers]] at the [[Battle of Maidstone]]. *[[1660]] &ndash; [[Mary Dyer]] is hanged in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] for defying a law banning Quakers from the colony. She is considered to be the last religious [[martyr]] in North America. *[[1679]] &ndash; The Scottish [[Covenanters]] defeat [[John Graham of Claverhouse]] at the [[Battle of Drumlog]]. *[[1779]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Benedict Arnold]] is [[court-martial]]ed for [[malfeasance]] in his treatment of government