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* '''2 June''' - The '''[[Salem Witch Trials]]''' commence. ''(1692)'' | * '''2 June''' - The '''[[Salem Witch Trials]]''' commence. ''(1692)'' | ||
* '''4 June''' - [[Occultist]] and author '''[[Travis McHenry]]''' is born. ''(1980)'' | * '''4 June''' - [[Occultist]] and author '''[[Travis McHenry]]''' is born. ''(1980)'' | ||
* '''5 June''' - The trial of '''[[Lizzie Borden]]''' for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts. ''(1983)'' | |||
* '''9 June''' - '''[[Nero]]''' commits suicide, after quoting Vergil's ''Aeneid'', thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors. ''(68)'' | |||
* '''10 June''' - Accused [[witch]] '''[[Bridget Bishop]]''' is executed by hanging. ''(1692)'' | * '''10 June''' - Accused [[witch]] '''[[Bridget Bishop]]''' is executed by hanging. ''(1692)'' | ||
* '''10 June''' - Psychic medium '''[[Hélène Smith]]''' dies in Switzerland. ''(1929)'' | * '''10 June''' - Psychic medium '''[[Hélène Smith]]''' dies in Switzerland. ''(1929)'' | ||
* '''15 June''' - Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for [[witchcraft]] in the first such execution for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. ''(1648)'' | |||
* '''15 June''' - New Orleans [[voodoo]] practitioner '''[[Marie Laveau]]''' dies. ''(1881)'' | * '''15 June''' - New Orleans [[voodoo]] practitioner '''[[Marie Laveau]]''' dies. ''(1881)'' | ||
* '''16 June''' - '''[[Vlad the Impaler]]''' leads a daring night attack against Sultan Mehmed II near Târgoviște. ''(1462)'' | * '''16 June''' - '''[[Vlad the Impaler]]''' leads a daring night attack against Sultan Mehmed II near Târgoviște. ''(1462)'' | ||
* '''17 June''' - '''[[Michael Servetus]]''' is convicted of [[heresy]] and sentenced to [[death by burning]]. ''(1552)'' | * '''17 June''' - '''[[Michael Servetus]]''' is convicted of [[heresy]] and sentenced to [[death by burning]]. ''(1552)'' | ||
* '''17 June''' - [[Occultist]] engineer '''[[Jack Parsons]]''' dies. ''(1952)'' | * '''17 June''' - [[Occultist]] engineer '''[[Jack Parsons]]''' dies. ''(1952)'' | ||
* '''18 June''' - '''[[Empress Dowager Cixi]]''' of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families. ''(1900)'' | |||
* '''22 June''' - The [[Inquisition]] finds '''[[Galileo Galilei]]''' guilty of [[heresy]]. ''(1633)'' | * '''22 June''' - The [[Inquisition]] finds '''[[Galileo Galilei]]''' guilty of [[heresy]]. ''(1633)'' | ||
* '''26 June''' - '''[[Richard III]]''' becomes King of England. ''(1483)'' | |||