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69 - Roman general Titus Flavius Vespasianus is proclaimed emperor.

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1410 - Polish army begins crossing the Vistula River at town of Czerwinsk, meeting up with Lithuanian forces.

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1535 - Sir Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason.

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1646 - Birth of G.W. Leibniz German mathematician/philosopher; postulated monads.

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1690 - Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (Now celebrated on July 12 as "The Battle of the Orange").

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1776 - First vote on the Declaration of Independence.

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1788 - Birth of Jean-Victor Poncelet mathematician, founded projective geometry.

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1795 - John Rutledge becomes second chief justice of Supreme Court.

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1804 - Birth of George Sand France, novelist (Valentine, Le Figaro).

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1807 - Birth of Thomas Green Clemson mining engineer, endowed Clemson University.

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