A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City’s East River kills 1,000. The tragic fire aboard the steamboat *SS General Slocum*…
Tag: 15 June
15 June 1520
Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine. Exsurge Domine, issued on June 15, 1520, is a papal bull promulgated by Pope…
15 June 1219
Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lindanise (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia. The Northern Crusades were a series of military…
15 June 1808
Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain. Joseph Bonaparte, born Giuseppe Buonaparte on January 7, 1768, was a key figure in the history of Europe during…
15 June 1844
Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
15 June 1896
The deadliest tsunami in Japan’s history kills more than 22,000 people. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Sanriku_earthquake’]
15 June 2012
Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk directly over Niagara Falls.
15 June 1864
The Second Battle of Petersburg begins during the American Civil War. During the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant’s Army of the Potomac and Robert E….
15 June 1936
The first flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber. The Wellington, which served Bomber Command so well in the early years of World War II, is…