On This Day: June 21st

A Carthaginian force under Hannibal ambushes and defeats a Roman army commanded by Gaius Flaminius in the battle of lake Trasimene during the Second Punic War.

James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.

In Montreal, New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.

Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.

Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.

French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac.

Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mongols and Wuzong of the Yuan.

Caliph al-Muhtadi is killed by rebellious troops and is succeeded by his cousin Al-Mu'tamid.

A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarios sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily.