What is June 15?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === *[[763 BC]] &ndash; The [[Assyrian]]s record a [[solar eclipse]] that is later used to fix the [[chronology]] of [[Mesopotamia]]n [[history]]. *[[923]] &ndash; [[Battle of Soissons]]: King [[Robert I of France]] is killed and [[Charles the Simple]] is arrested by supporters of Duke [[Rudolph of Burgundy]]. *[[1184]] &ndash; King [[Magnus V of Norway]] is killed in battle. *[[1215]] &ndash; King [[John of England]] puts his seal to [[Magna Carta]]. *[[1219]] &ndash; [[Northern Crusades]]: Danish victory at [[Battle of Lyndanisse]] (present-day [[Tallinn]]) leads to the Danish Duchy of [[Estonia]] being established. In Legend, it was also the first time that the [[Flag of Denmark|Dannebrog]] was used. *[[1300]] &ndash; The city of [[Bilbao]] in the [[Basque Country]] is founded. *[[1389]] &ndash; [[Battle of Kosovo]]: The [[Ottoman Empire]] defeats the [[Serbia|Serbs]] and [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnians]]. *[[1502]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] reaches the island of [[Martinique]]. *[[1520]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo X]] threatens to excommunicate [[Martin Luther]]. *[[1580]] &ndash; [[Philip II of Spain]] declares [[William the Silent]] an outlaw. *[[1667]] &ndash; The first [[blood]] transfusion is administered by Doctor [[Jean-Baptiste Denys]]. *[[1741]] &ndash; [[Vitus Bering]] sets sail on his voyage from [[Petropavlovsk]], [[Russia]] that will lead him to [[Alaska]]. *[[1775]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[George Washington]] is appointed commander-in-chief of the [[Continental Army]]. *[[1776]] &ndash; [[Delaware]] votes to suspend government under the British crown, and separates from [[Pennsylvania]]. *[[1785]] &ndash; [[Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier]], co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (in [[1783]]), and his companion, [[Pierre Romain]], become the first-ever air crash casualties when their hot-air [[balloon]] explodes during their attempt to cross the [[English Channel]]. *[[1804]] &ndash; [[New Hampshire]] ratifies the [[United S