On this day: June 1

Events on June 1

• 1298 Residents of Riga and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida. Wikipedia
• 1535 Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis. Wikipedia
• 1670 Charles II and Louis XIV signed a secret treaty, requiring England to aid France in its war against the Dutch Republic and the future conversion of Charles to Catholicism, in return for Louis making large payments to Charles and promising to aid him if there was a rebellion in England. Wikipedia
• 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. Wikipedia
• 1792 Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States. Wikipedia
• 1796 Tennessee was admitted as the 16th state of the United States. Wikipedia
• 1796 Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States. Wikipedia
• 1815 Napoleon promulgates a revised Constitution after it passes a plebiscite. Wikipedia
• 1855 The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua. Wikipedia
• 1868 The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico. Wikipedia
• 1918 World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. Wikipedia
• 1929 The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires. Wikipedia
• 1941 World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany. Wikipedia
• 1942 World War II: The crews of three Japanese submarines scuttled their vessels and committed suicide after entering Sydney Harbour and launching a failed attack. Wikipedia
• 1943 BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing British actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that it was actually an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Wikipedia
• 1950 The Declaration of Conscience speech, by U.S. Senator from Maine, Margaret Chase Smith, is delivered in response to Joseph R. McCarthy's speech at Wheeling, West Virginia. Wikipedia
• 1958 Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months. Wikipedia
• 1962 Adolf Eichmann, former SS officer in Nazi Germany, is hanged in Israel for having committed crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other offenses. Wikipedia
• 1979 The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power. Wikipedia
• 1990 Cold War: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production. Wikipedia
• 1993 Dobrinja mortar attack: Thirteen are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo. Wikipedia
• 1994 Republic of South Africa becomes a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations. Wikipedia
• 1999 On landing at Little Rock National Airport in the U.S. state of Arkansas, American Airlines Flight 1420 overran the runway and crashed (wreckage pictured), resulting in 11 deaths. Wikipedia
• 2001 A Hamas-affiliated Islamist militant blew himself up outside a nightclub in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 21 people, most of whom were teenage girls. Wikipedia
• 2001 Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv. Wikipedia
• 2009 Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed. Wikipedia

Born on June 1

• 1765 Christiane Vulpius, mistress and wife of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (died 1816) Wikipedia
• 1796 Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (died 1832) Wikipedia
• 1801 Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1877) Wikipedia
• 1804 Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (died 1857) Wikipedia
• 1815 Otto of Greece (died 1862) Wikipedia
• 1833 John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and politician; Attorney General of Kentucky (died 1911) Wikipedia
• 1843 Henry Faulds, Scottish physician and missionary, developed fingerprinting (died 1930) Wikipedia
• 1907 Frank Whittle, English airman and engineer, developed the jet engine (died 1996) Wikipedia
• 1917 William Standish Knowles, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012) Wikipedia
• 1926 Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (died 1962) Wikipedia
• 1935 Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partners Wikipedia
• 1937 Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer Wikipedia
• 1940 Kip Thorne, American physicist, astronomer, and academic Wikipedia
• 1961 Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian oligarch, mercenary chief and restaurateur (died 2023) Wikipedia
• 1973 Heidi Klum, German-American model, fashion designer, and producer Wikipedia
• 1974 Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress Wikipedia
• 1977 Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress Wikipedia
• 1979 Markus Persson, Swedish game designer, founded Mojang Wikipedia
• 1982 Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player Wikipedia
• 1988 Javier Hernández, Mexican footballer Wikipedia
• 1989 Nataliya Goncharova, Ukrainian/Russian volleyball player Wikipedia
• 1996 Tom Holland, English actor Wikipedia

Died on June 1

• 193 Marcus Didius Julianus, Roman Emperor (born 133) Wikipedia
• 896 Theodosius Romanus, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch Wikipedia
• 1434 King Wladislaus II of Poland Wikipedia
• 1449 Polissena Sforza, Lady of Rimini (born 1428) Wikipedia
• 1616 Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (born 1543) Wikipedia
• 1846 Pope Gregory XVI (born 1765) Wikipedia
• 1868 James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (born 1791) Wikipedia
• 1925 Thomas R. Marshall, American politician, 28th Vice President of the United States (born 1854) Wikipedia
• 1952 John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (born 1859) Wikipedia
• 1960 Paula Hitler, German-Austrian sister of Adolf Hitler (born 1896) Wikipedia
• 1962 Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer, key organizer of the Holocaust (born 1906) Wikipedia
• 1968 Helen Keller, American author and activist (born 1880) Wikipedia
• 1979 Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904) Wikipedia
• 2008 Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer, founded Saint Laurent Paris (born 1936) Wikipedia

Holidays and observances

• Children's Day (International), and its related observances: The Day of Protection of Children Rights (Armenia) Wikipedia
• Children's Day (International), and its related observances: Mothers' and Children's Day (Mongolia) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blessed Alfonso Navarrete Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Annibale Maria di Francia Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Crescentinus Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Fortunatus of Spoleto Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Herculanus of Piegaro Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Íñigo of Oña Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blessed John Story Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Justin Martyr (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Ronan of Locronan Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Pamphilus of Caesarea (Roman Catholic only): 256 Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: June 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
• Gawai Dayak, harvest festival in the state of Sarawak (Malaysia) Wikipedia
• Global Day of Parents (International) Wikipedia
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Samoa from New Zealand in 1962. Wikipedia
• Madaraka Day (Kenya) Wikipedia
• National Maritime Day (Mexico) Wikipedia
• National Tree Planting Day (Cambodia) Wikipedia
• Pancasila Day (Indonesia) Wikipedia
• President's Day (Palau) Wikipedia
• The beginning of Crop over, celebrated until the first Monday of August. (Barbados) Wikipedia
• Victory Day (Tunisia) Wikipedia
• World Milk Day (International) Wikipedia

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article “June 1” and the articles it links to (authors and history), retrieved 2026-10-09 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; this selection is shared under the same licence. We picked the 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths with the widest coverage across Wikipedia's language editions (counted from Wikidata) and sorted them by year; the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures.