1 June in history

8 events that happened on 1 June, from 193 to 1980.

  1. ✦ Anniversary of the day

    193 CE 1,833 years ago

    Emperor Didius Julianus is killed as Severus nears Rome

    Abandoned by the Senate and the Praetorian Guard, Didius Julianus was killed in the palace after a reign of 66 days. Septimius Severus entered Rome soon afterwards and founded a new dynasty.

    Septimius Severus

  2. 1495 CE 531 years ago

    Scottish exchequer records malt for 'aqua vitae'

    An entry in the Exchequer Rolls records malt given to Friar John Cor 'to make aqua vitae' for King James IV. It is the earliest known written reference to whisky distilling in Scotland.

    Scotland

  3. 1533 CE 493 years ago

    Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England

    Six months pregnant with the future Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn was crowned in Westminster Abbey. Her marriage to Henry VIII had required England's break with the papacy.

    England

  4. 1794 CE 232 years ago

    Howe defeats the French fleet on the Glorious First of June

    Lord Howe's Channel Fleet captured six French ships of the line far out in the Atlantic. Yet the grain convoy the French were protecting reached France safely.

  5. 1796 CE 230 years ago

    Tennessee becomes the 16th US state

    Tennessee was the first state created from a federal territory, the Territory South of the River Ohio. It later produced three presidents: Andrew Jackson, James Polk and Andrew Johnson.

  6. 1812 CE 214 years ago

    Madison asks Congress for war with Britain

    President Madison's message cited the impressment of American sailors and British restrictions on neutral trade. Congress declared war on 18 June, beginning the War of 1812.

  7. 1813 CE 213 years ago

    HMS Shannon captures USS Chesapeake off Boston

    In a fight lasting about fifteen minutes, HMS Shannon took the American frigate Chesapeake. The dying American captain James Lawrence's words, 'Don't give up the ship', became a US Navy motto.

    Boston

  8. 1980 CE 46 years ago

    CNN launches as the first 24-hour news channel

    Ted Turner's Cable News Network began broadcasting from Atlanta. Its round-the-clock coverage created the modern continuous news cycle.

Born on 1 June 4

Died on 1 June 8

Dates as the sources give them: in the Julian calendar before 1582, and in some countries for longer (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918). Only people whose day of birth or death the records agree on are listed.

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