1329 Scottish king Robert I, popularly known as Robert the Bruce, died on June 7, 1329 at Mains of Cardross in Dumbarton, having suffered for some years from what some contemporary accounts describe as an "unclean ailment". The traditional story is that he died of leprosy, but this is now rejected. However it is unclear what his illness was, although syphilis, psoriasis, and a series of strokes have all been suggested.
1520 Henry VIII of England met Francis I of France on June 7, 1520 at the Field of the Cloth of Gold near Calais for a fortnight of lavish entertainment. It was organised by Britain to celebrate peace between France and England as they had been at war for a long time. The French king was unimpressed by Henry's vulgar English taste. He complained "His idea is to put a lot of gold in everything."
1654 The coronation of 15-year-old King Louis XIV of France took place on June 7, 1654 in Reims, the traditional site of the crowning of the French kings. Louis was nicknamed the "Sun King" due to the brilliance of his courts and his reign is regarded as the Golden Age of French culture. France's commerce and industry prospered but he financed his glorious lifestyle and his many wars by taxing his subjects. The taxation to finance the king's extravagances reduced the common people to misery.
1778 George Bryan "Beau" Brummell was born in London on June 7, 1778. After inheriting a reasonably sized family fortune, Brummell dedicated his life to maintaining the lifestyle of a "gentleman of fashion." His main claim to fame was that he got rid of the prevalent fashion for massive wigs, powder and face paint. Brummel wanted men to look manly again and one way he achieved this was to popularize the wearing of trousers, which sounded the death knell for breeches.
1810 Journalist Mariano Moreno published Argentina's first newspaper, the Gazeta de Buenos Ayres on June 7, 1810. It was a weekly publication that supported the May Revolution, which overthrew the Spanish colonial government. The newspaper was shut down by the government in 1811, but it is considered to be the first step in the development of a free press in Argentina.
1819 Frankenstein author Mary Shelley had four pregnancies in her eight-year relationship with poet Percy Shelley including one premature daughter who died two months after her birth. She lost her infant daughter Clara Everina of dysentery in 1818 and nine months later, three-year-old William "Willmouse" Shelley died from malaria in Rome on June 7, 1819. The birth of Mary's only child to survive her, Percy Florence Shelley in November 1819, consoled her somewhat for her losses.
1891 Charles Haddon Spurgeon, "Prince of Preachers," preached his last sermon at the Tabernacle in London on June 7, 1891. His weekly sermons were published in printed form every week selling for a penny each and each sold up to 25,000 copies a week. By the time of his death in 1892, Spurgeon had preached nearly 3,600 sermons and published 49 volumes of commentaries, sayings, anecdotes, illustrations and devotions.
1899 Carrie Amelia Nation was an imposing 6ft tall 175 lb figure, who dressed like a deaconess. Her alcoholic first husband left Nation with an abiding hatred for liquor and saloons and she became a radical temperance advocate. She embarked on a crusade touring America saloons where she berated customers and tried to damage as much of the places as she could with her hatchet. On June 7, 1899 Nation entered a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas, and destroyed all the alcoholic beverages with rocks.
1905 Before 1814, Norway had been in a union with Denmark. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Sweden and Denmark–Norway signed the Treaty of Kiel whereby Frederick VI of Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden in return for the Swedish holdings in Pomerania. The union with Sweden lasted from 1814 until June 7, 1905 when Norway finally became a separate nation again.
1913 Episcopal priest and mountaineer Hudson Stuck led the first successful ascent of Mt. McKinley, the highest point on the American continent on June 7, 1913. Stuck did not reach the summit himself. The climbers who successfully reached the summit were Harry Karstens, Robert Tatum, Walter Harper (a Native Alaskan), and Alfred Harper.
1917 At the start of the Battle of Messines on June 7, 1917, the British Army detonated 19 ammonal mines under the German lines near the Belgian village of Mesen. 10,000 were killed in the deadliest non-nuclear man-made explosion in history.
1520 Henry VIII of England met Francis I of France on June 7, 1520 at the Field of the Cloth of Gold near Calais for a fortnight of lavish entertainment. It was organised by Britain to celebrate peace between France and England as they had been at war for a long time. The French king was unimpressed by Henry's vulgar English taste. He complained "His idea is to put a lot of gold in everything."
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| The Field of the Cloth of Gold, oil painting circa 1545 |
1654 The coronation of 15-year-old King Louis XIV of France took place on June 7, 1654 in Reims, the traditional site of the crowning of the French kings. Louis was nicknamed the "Sun King" due to the brilliance of his courts and his reign is regarded as the Golden Age of French culture. France's commerce and industry prospered but he financed his glorious lifestyle and his many wars by taxing his subjects. The taxation to finance the king's extravagances reduced the common people to misery.
1778 George Bryan "Beau" Brummell was born in London on June 7, 1778. After inheriting a reasonably sized family fortune, Brummell dedicated his life to maintaining the lifestyle of a "gentleman of fashion." His main claim to fame was that he got rid of the prevalent fashion for massive wigs, powder and face paint. Brummel wanted men to look manly again and one way he achieved this was to popularize the wearing of trousers, which sounded the death knell for breeches.
1810 Journalist Mariano Moreno published Argentina's first newspaper, the Gazeta de Buenos Ayres on June 7, 1810. It was a weekly publication that supported the May Revolution, which overthrew the Spanish colonial government. The newspaper was shut down by the government in 1811, but it is considered to be the first step in the development of a free press in Argentina.
1819 Frankenstein author Mary Shelley had four pregnancies in her eight-year relationship with poet Percy Shelley including one premature daughter who died two months after her birth. She lost her infant daughter Clara Everina of dysentery in 1818 and nine months later, three-year-old William "Willmouse" Shelley died from malaria in Rome on June 7, 1819. The birth of Mary's only child to survive her, Percy Florence Shelley in November 1819, consoled her somewhat for her losses.
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| William "Willmouse" Shelley, painted just before his death from malaria in 1819 |
1891 Charles Haddon Spurgeon, "Prince of Preachers," preached his last sermon at the Tabernacle in London on June 7, 1891. His weekly sermons were published in printed form every week selling for a penny each and each sold up to 25,000 copies a week. By the time of his death in 1892, Spurgeon had preached nearly 3,600 sermons and published 49 volumes of commentaries, sayings, anecdotes, illustrations and devotions.
1899 Carrie Amelia Nation was an imposing 6ft tall 175 lb figure, who dressed like a deaconess. Her alcoholic first husband left Nation with an abiding hatred for liquor and saloons and she became a radical temperance advocate. She embarked on a crusade touring America saloons where she berated customers and tried to damage as much of the places as she could with her hatchet. On June 7, 1899 Nation entered a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas, and destroyed all the alcoholic beverages with rocks.
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| Nation with her hatchet in 1910 |
1905 Before 1814, Norway had been in a union with Denmark. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Sweden and Denmark–Norway signed the Treaty of Kiel whereby Frederick VI of Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden in return for the Swedish holdings in Pomerania. The union with Sweden lasted from 1814 until June 7, 1905 when Norway finally became a separate nation again.
1913 Episcopal priest and mountaineer Hudson Stuck led the first successful ascent of Mt. McKinley, the highest point on the American continent on June 7, 1913. Stuck did not reach the summit himself. The climbers who successfully reached the summit were Harry Karstens, Robert Tatum, Walter Harper (a Native Alaskan), and Alfred Harper.
1917 At the start of the Battle of Messines on June 7, 1917, the British Army detonated 19 ammonal mines under the German lines near the Belgian village of Mesen. 10,000 were killed in the deadliest non-nuclear man-made explosion in history.
1929 The flag of Vatican City (see below) was adopted on June 7, 1929. The flag consists of two vertical bands with the crossed keys of Saint Peter and the Papal Tiara centred in the white band. It is one of only two square sovereign-state flags, the other being the flag of Switzerland.
1939 King George VI became the first British monarch to make an official visit to the United States of America on June 7, 1939 when he crossed over from Canada near Niagara Falls. President Franklin D. Roosevelt served King George and his Queen hot dogs during their visit.
1942 London-born engineer Alan Blumlein invented stereo sound recording in 1931, after getting frustrated that the sound from a single speaker at the cinema did not match the action on screen.
Blumlein was notable for his many inventions in telecommunications, sound recording, stereophonic sound, television and radar. He died on June 7, 1942 at 38 in an aircraft accident, testing the H2S airborne radar system in World War II.
1946 The BBC suspended their television service from 1939–46 during World War II. Two days before Britain declared war on Germany, it was taken off air for security reasons and the last thing aired was a Mickey Mouse cartoon. BBC returned on June 7, 1946, with Jasmine Bligh, one of the original announcers, saying, "Good afternoon everybody. How are you? Do you remember me, Jasmine Bligh?" The same Mickey Mouse cartoon was replayed 20 minutes later.
1962 Marilyn Monroe began filming her last movie Something’s Got To Give in April 1962. However, due to various personal issues, including health problems and reported unreliability on set, she was fired from the film on June 7, 1962. As a result, the studio, 20th Century Fox, sued her for breach of contract.
1968 The first of the chain of Lego-themed children's/family theme parks opened in Billund, Denmark on June 7, 1968. The park is located next to the original Lego factory. They are not fully owned by Lego Group itself; rather they are owned and operated by the British theme park company Merlin Entertainments.
2016 On June 7, 2016, Colin Scott slipped and tumbled into the acidic boiling waters of the Norris Geyser in Yellowstone Park while looking for a hot spot to soak in. Scott had illegally ventured off the boardwalk and within 24hrs he dissolved.
1939 King George VI became the first British monarch to make an official visit to the United States of America on June 7, 1939 when he crossed over from Canada near Niagara Falls. President Franklin D. Roosevelt served King George and his Queen hot dogs during their visit.
1942 London-born engineer Alan Blumlein invented stereo sound recording in 1931, after getting frustrated that the sound from a single speaker at the cinema did not match the action on screen.
Blumlein was notable for his many inventions in telecommunications, sound recording, stereophonic sound, television and radar. He died on June 7, 1942 at 38 in an aircraft accident, testing the H2S airborne radar system in World War II.
1946 The BBC suspended their television service from 1939–46 during World War II. Two days before Britain declared war on Germany, it was taken off air for security reasons and the last thing aired was a Mickey Mouse cartoon. BBC returned on June 7, 1946, with Jasmine Bligh, one of the original announcers, saying, "Good afternoon everybody. How are you? Do you remember me, Jasmine Bligh?" The same Mickey Mouse cartoon was replayed 20 minutes later.
1962 Marilyn Monroe began filming her last movie Something’s Got To Give in April 1962. However, due to various personal issues, including health problems and reported unreliability on set, she was fired from the film on June 7, 1962. As a result, the studio, 20th Century Fox, sued her for breach of contract.
2019 Theresa May, under pressure over her handling of Brexit, announced her intention to resign as UK prime minister on June 7, 2019. She continued to serve as PM until the election of Boris Johnson as prime minister seven weeks later.
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