iJunoon Archives |2014 | June

The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place.

In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.

In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.

American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Cúcuta, Colombia, is discovered by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.

French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.

Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.

The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen.

Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.