What is June 5?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1950 === * [[70]] &ndash; [[Titus]] and his [[Roman legion]]s breach the middle of the [[Wall of Jerusalem]] in the [[Siege of Jerusalem]]. * [[1224]] &ndash; The [[University of Naples]] is founded. * [[1257]] &ndash; [[Krakow]] receives [[city]] rights. * [[1283]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Gulf of Naples]]: [[Roger of Lauria]], [[admiral]] to King [[Peter III of Aragon]], captures [[Charles II of Naples]]. * [[1654]] &ndash; Queen [[Christina I of Sweden]] abdicates (leaves) the [[throne]] and secretly converts to [[Roman Catholicism]]. * [[1806]] &ndash; [[Louis Bonaparte]] becomes [[regent]] of the [[Netherlands]]. * [[1817]] &ndash; The first [[Great Lakes]] steamer, ''Frontenac'', is launched. * [[1829]] &ndash; HMS ''Pickle'' captures the armed [[slave]] [[ship]], ''Voladora'', off [[Cuba]]. * [[1832]] &ndash; The [[June Rebellion]] breaks out in [[Paris]] in an attempt to overthrow the [[monarchy]] of [[Louis-Philippe]]. * [[1837]] &ndash; [[Houston, Texas]] is incorporated as part of the then–[[Republic of Texas]]. * [[1849]] &ndash; [[Denmark]] becomes a [[constitution]]al [[monarchy]]. * [[1851]] &ndash; [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]'s serial [[Uncle Tom's Cabin]] starts a 10–month run in the 'National Era' [[newspaper]]. * [[1862]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Saigon]] is signed, ceding parts of southern [[Vietnam]] to [[France]]. The guerrilla, [[Huong Dinh]], continues to fight against the [[Europe]]ans, against the order of Emperor [[Tu Duc]]. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Piedmont, Virginia]] – Union forces under [[General officer|General]] [[David Hunter]] defeat a Confederate army at [[Piedmont, Virginia]], taking nearly 1,000 [[prison]]ers. * [[1870]] &ndash; [[Fire]] rips through Pera, a part of [[Constantinople]] (present–day [[Istanbul]]), destroying over 3,000 houses and killing around 1,300 people. * [[1883]] &ndash; The first regularly–scheduled [[Orient Express]] leaves [[Paris]]. * [[1888]] &ndash; An [[earthquake]] of over magn