Events of the Day - 1 June

195 BCE

Death of the founder of this Chinese dynasty

193

Death of Didius Julianus, an Emperor in the 'Year of ___ Emperors'

1215

Zhongdu in China is taken by the Mongols. What is this urban location nowadays?

1298

Battle of Turaida: the Livonian Order is defeated by residents of which Baltic city?

1434

Death of Lithuanian ruler, noted for the Battle of Grunwald, also king of Poland

1533

This wife of Henry VIII is crowned Queen (later decapitated)

1535

This European monarch attacks Ottoman forces near Tunis

1616

Death of Japanese shogun; according to the story he who would wait for the bird to sing

1648

Riots over salt tax changes break out in this Russian city

1679

Battle of Drumclog takes place, later depicted in a work by which famous Scottish novelist?

1780

Birth of Prussian military theorist, noted for calling war "the continuation of politics by other means."

1864

Death of Hong Xiuquan, leader of the Taiping Rebellion. Who did he claim as his brother?

1879

Death of Frenchman in the Anglo-Zulu war ends the restoration hopes of this dynasty

1921

In this city, racist attacks destroy "Black Wall Street"

1932

This man becomes Chancellor of Germany

1941

The 'Farhud', a pogrom, takes place in this Middle Eastern city

1941

Battle ends on this Greek island

1946

Execution of this Romanian wartime leader

1962

This Nazi is hanged in Jerusalem

2001

In this country, the crown prince kills several relatives, including the king