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[[File:Urbain Grandier.jpg|175px|thumb|Urbain Grandier being accused of witchcraft]]
* '''2 June''' - Trial of '''[[Urbain Grandier]]''' for [[witchcraft]] and adultery begins. ''(1630)''
* '''2 June''' - Trial of '''[[Urbain Grandier]]''' for [[witchcraft]] and adultery begins. ''(1630)''
* '''2 June''' - The '''[[Salem Witch Trials]]''' commence. ''(1692)''
* '''2 June''' - The '''[[Salem Witch Trials]]''' commence. ''(1692)''
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* '''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)''
* '''13 June''' - Author '''[[W.B. Yeats]]''' is born. ''(1865)''
* '''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)''
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* '''17 June''' - [[Occultist]] engineer '''[[Jack Parsons]]''' dies. ''(1952)''
* '''17 June''' - [[Occultist]] engineer '''[[Jack Parsons]]''' dies. ''(1952)''
* '''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)''