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On June 1, 1252: Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León.

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Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León.

Alfonso X was King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1 June 1252 until his death in 1284. During the election of 1257, a dissident faction chose him to be king of Germany on 1 April. He renounced his claim to Germany in 1275, and in creating an alliance with the Kingdom of England in 1254, his claim on the Duchy of Gascony as well.

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Born on June 1

Technoblade 1999– American internet personality (1999–2022)
Dmytro Udovychenko 1999– Ukrainian classical violinist (born 1990)
Edvinas Gertmonas 1996– Lithuanian footballer (born 1996)
Tom Holland 1996– English actor (born 1996)
Kagayaki Taishi 1994– Japanese sumo wrestler
Zazie Beetz 1991– American actress (born 1991)
Tyrone Roberts 1991– Australian professional rugby league footballer
Miller Bolaños 1990– Ecuadorian footballer (born 1990)
Carlota Ciganda 1990– Spanish professional golfer (born 1990)
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Nataliya Goncharova 1989– Russian volleyball player
Sammy Alex Mutahi 1989– Kenyan long-distance runner (born 1989)
Javier Hernández 1988– Mexican footballer (born 1988)
Zoltán Harsányi 1987– Slovak footballer
Yarisley Silva 1987– Cuban pole vaulter
Moses Ndiema Masai 1986– Kenyan long-distance runner
Chinedu Obasi 1986– Nigerian footballer (born 1986)
Ben Smith 1986– New Zealand rugby union player, born 1986
Dinesh Karthik 1985– Indian cricket commentator, coach and former cricketer (born 1985)

People

Died on June 1

Jonathan Joss American actor and musician (1965–2025)
Tin Oo Burmese general and politician (1927–2024)
Ani Yudhoyono First Lady of Indonesia
Charles Kennedy British politician (1959–2015)
Joan Kirner Premier of Victoria from 1990 to 1992
Nicholas Liverpool President of Dominica
Jacques Parizeau Premier of Quebec from 1994 to 1996
Jean Ritchie American folk singer, songwriter and musician (1922–2015)
Ann B. Davis American actress (1926–2014)
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Valentin Mankin Soviet sailor
Timofei Moșneaga Moldovan physician and politician (1932–2014)
James Kelleher Canadian politician
Faruq Z. Bey Musical artist
Pádraig Faulkner Irish politician (1918–2012)
Milan Gaľa Slovak politician
Haleh Sahabi Iranian humanitarian activist (1958–2011)
Kazuo Ohno Japanese dancer (1906–2010)
Andrei Voznesensky Soviet and Russian poet

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  1. 1252 Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León.

    King of Castile and León from 1252 to 1284

    Alfonso X was King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1 June 1252 until his death in 1284. During the election of 1257, a dissident faction chose him to be king of Germany on 1 April. He renounced his claim to Germany in 1275, and in creating an alliance with the Kingdom of England in 1254, his claim on the Duchy of Gascony as well.

  2. 1298 Residents of Riga and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida.

    Capital and largest city of Latvia

    Riga is the capital, primate, and largest city of Latvia and the second largest in the Baltics. Home to 591,882 inhabitants, the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga metropolitan area, which stretches beyond the city limits, is estimated at 847,162.

  3. 1412 Treaty of Lubowla: The royal gathering continues in Buda. It is one of the largest and most magnificent royal meetings ever held in medieval Buda with Sigismund of Hungary as host and Wladyslaw II Jagiello as guest of honor. A large feast and grand tournament is held with over 40.000 nobles and 2000 knights.

    1412 treaty between Poland and Hungary

    Treaty of Lubowla of 1412 was a treaty between Władysław II, King of Poland, and Sigismund of Luxemburg, King of Hungary. They Negotiated in the town of Lublo, it was confirmed later that year in Buda.

  4. 1495 A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky.

    Member of a monastic religious order

    A monk is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery. A monk usually lives his life in prayer and contemplation. The concept is ancient and can be seen in many religions, and in philosophy, across numerous cultures.

  5. 1533 Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.

    Queen of England from 1533 to 1536

    Anne Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and execution, by beheading for treason, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation.

  6. 1535 Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis.
  7. 1648 The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
  8. 1649 Start of the Sumuroy Revolt: Filipinos in Northern Samar led by Agustin Sumuroy revolt against Spanish colonial authorities.
  9. 1670 In Dover, England, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
  10. 1676 Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79).
  11. 1679 The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog.
  12. 1773 Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. Both he and his horse, Vonk, are drowned on his eighth attempt.
  13. 1779 The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
  14. 1792 Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
  15. 1794 The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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  1. 1796 Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
  2. 1812 War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
  3. 1813 Capture of USS Chesapeake.
  4. 1815 Napoleon promulgates a revised Constitution after it passes a plebiscite.
  5. 1831 James Clark Ross becomes the first European at the North Magnetic Pole.
  6. 1849 Territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey declared the Territory of Minnesota officially established.
  7. 1854 Åland War: The British navy destroys merchant ships and about 16,000 tar barrels of the wholesale stocks area in Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland.
  8. 1855 The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
  9. 1857 Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published.
  10. 1857 The Revolution of the Ganhadores begins in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
  11. 1861 American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
  12. 1862 American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
  13. 1868 The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
  14. 1879 Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
  15. 1890 The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.

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