iJunoon Archives |2014 | June

Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine.

Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.

In a decisive battle at Onon River, the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor.

Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.

The city of Bilbao is founded.

With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.

Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lyndanisse (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia. According to legend, this battle also marks the first use of the Dannebrog, the world's first national flag still in use, as the national flag of Denmark.

King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.

King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the Battle of Fimreite.