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On June 7, 421: Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire).

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Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire).

Theodosius II, called "the Calligrapher", was Roman emperor from 402 to 450. He was proclaimed Augustus as an infant and ruled as the Eastern Empire's sole emperor after the death of his father Arcadius in 408. His reign was marked by the promulgation of the Theodosian law code and the construction of the Theodosian walls of Constantinople.

People

Born on June 7

Ōnosato Daiki 2000– Japanese sumo wrestler (born 2000)
David Montgomery 1997– American football player (born 1997)
Christian McCaffrey 1996– American football player (born 1996)
George Ezra 1993– English singer-songwriter
Swae Lee 1993– American rapper and singer (born 1993)
Jordan Clarkson 1992– American-Filipino basketball player (born 1992)
Rasmus Vestergaard Madsen 1991– Danish politician (born 1991)
Emily Ratajkowski 1991– American model and actress (born 1991)
Fetty Wap 1991– American rapper (born 1991)
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Iggy Azalea 1990– Australian former rapper and songwriter (born 1990)
Michael Cera 1988– Canadian actor (born 1988)
Bill Hader 1978– American actor and comedian (born 1978)
Allen Iverson 1975– American former basketball player (born 1975)
Bear Grylls 1974– British adventurer and television presenter (born 1974)
Cafu 1970– Brazilian football player (born 1970)
Dave Navarro 1967– American guitarist (born 1967)
Damien Hirst 1965– British artist (born 1965)
Mick Foley 1965– American professional wrestler and author (born 1965)

People

Died on June 7

Uriah Rennie British football referee (1959–2025)
William Anders American astronaut and lunar explorer (1933–2024)
The Iron Sheik Iranian-American professional wrestler and actor (1942–2023)
Christopher Lee English actor and singer (1922–2015)
Pierre Mauroy Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984
Richard Ramirez American serial killer and sex offender (1960–2013)
Phillip V. Tobias South African palaeoanthropologist (1925–2012)
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Jordanian jihadist (1966–2006)
Signe Hasso Swedish actress (1915–2002)
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Víctor Paz Estenssoro President of Bolivia variously in the 20th century
Betty Neels British writer
Hsuan Hua Chinese Chan Buddhist monk
Bill France Sr. American racecar driver and NASCAR founder (1909–1992)
Cahit Zarifoğlu Turkish poet and writer (1940–1987)
Klaudia Taev Estonian vocal pedagogue
Elizabeth Craig Scottish writer and home economist (1883–1980)
Philip Guston Canadian-American painter and printmaker (1913–1980) Henry Miller American novelist (1891–1980)

Timeline

Every June 7 on record

  1. 421 Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire).

    Eastern Roman emperor from 402 to 450

    Theodosius II, called "the Calligrapher", was Roman emperor from 402 to 450. He was proclaimed Augustus as an infant and ruled as the Eastern Empire's sole emperor after the death of his father Arcadius in 408. His reign was marked by the promulgation of the Theodosian law code and the construction of the Theodosian walls of Constantinople.

  2. 879 Pope John VIII recognises the Duchy of Croatia under Duke Branimir as an independent state.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 872 to 882

    Pope John VIII was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 14 December 872 to his death. He is often considered one of the most able popes of the 9th century.

  3. 1002 Henry II, a cousin of Emperor Otto III, is elected and crowned King of Germany.

    Holy Roman Emperor from 1014 to 1024

    Henry II, also known as Saint Henry, Obl. S. , was Holy Roman Emperor from 1014.

  4. 1099 First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins.

    1096–1099 Christian re-conquest of the Holy Land

    The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, which were initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the Middle Ages. Their aim was to return the Holy Land—which had been conquered by the Rashidun Caliphate in the 7th century—to Christian rule. By the 11th century, although Jerusalem had then been ruled by Muslims for hundreds of years, the practices of the Seljuk rulers in the region began to threaten local Christian populations, pilgrimages from the West and the Byzantine Empire itself.

  5. 1420 Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patria del Friuli.

    Sovereign state in Italy (697–1797)

    The Republic of Venice, officially the Most Serene Republic of Venice and traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice, on the northeastern coast of Italy. Founded, according to tradition, in 697 by Paolo Lucio Anafesto, over the course of its 1,100 years of history it established itself as one of the major European commercial and naval powers. Initially extended in the Dogado area, during its history it annexed a large part of Northeast Italy, Istria, Dalmatia, the coasts of present-day Montenegro and Albania as well as numerous islands in the Adriatic and eastern Ionian seas.

  6. 1494 Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries.
  7. 1628 The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted the Royal Assent by Charles I and becomes law.
  8. 1640 Corpus de Sang in Barcelona: Catalan reapers rioted against Spanish Royal soldiers and officers, killing the Viceroy of Catalonia, Dalmau de Queralt. Escalation of hostilities between the Principality of Catalonia and the Spanish Monarchy, leading to the Reapers' War.
  9. 1654 Louis XIV is crowned King of France.
  10. 1692 Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.
  11. 1776 Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
  12. 1788 French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops.
  13. 1800 David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.
  14. 1810 The newspaper Gazeta de Buenos Ayres is first published in Argentina.
  15. 1832 The Great Reform Act of England and Wales receives royal assent.
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  1. 1832 Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada.
  2. 1862 The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.
  3. 1866 One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East.
  4. 1880 War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
  5. 1892 Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
  6. 1899 American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
  7. 1905 Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
  8. 1906 Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  9. 1917 World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
  10. 1919 Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
  11. 1929 The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
  12. 1938 The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
  13. 1938 Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred thousand to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
  14. 1940 King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
  15. 1942 World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory.

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