1155 - Frederick I Barbarossa was crowned emperor of Rome.
1429 - French forces defeated the English at the battle of Patay. The English had been retreating after the siege of Orleans.
1621 - The first duel in America took place in the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts.
1667 - The Dutch fleet sailed up the Thames toward London.
1778 - Britain evacuated Philadelphia during the U.S. Revolutionary War.
1812 - The War of 1812 began as the U.S. declared war against Great Britain. The conflict began over trade restrictions.
1815 - At the Battle of Waterloo Napoleon was defeated by an international army under the Duke of Wellington. Napoleon abdicated on June 22.
1915 - During World War I, the second battle of Artois ended.
1918 - Allied forces on the Western Front began their largest counter-attack against the German army.
1948 - The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted its International Declaration of Human Rights.
1951 - General Vo Nguyen Giap ended his Red River Campaign against the French in Indochina.
1953 - Egypt was proclaimed to be a republic with General Neguib as its first president.
Famous Birthdays:
1581 - Sir Thomas Overbury, Poet
1769 - Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (Lord Castlereagh), Politician
1884 - Édouard Daladier, Prime Minister of France
1910 - E.G. Marshall, Actor
1928 - Maggie McNamara, Actress
1942 - Paul McCartney, Musician
1952 - Isabella Rossellini, Actress
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