| 1 June 1421 | Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire [political events] | The estates (representatives of the aristocracy, clergy, and commons) of Bohemia and Moravia, meeting at Câslav, renounce the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund as their king and form a government. |
| 1 June 1478 | Italy, Papal States [wars] | Following the failure of the ‘Pazzi Conspiracy’ and the murder of the conspirator, the archbishop of Pisa, Pope Sixtus IV, excommunicates Lorenzo de' Medici and allies with Naples in a war against Florence, Venice, and Milan, Italy. |
| 1 June 1485 | Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Hungary [wars] | The burghers of Vienna, Austria, surrender their city to the besieging army of Matthias I Corvinus, King of Hungary. Frederick III the Holy Roman Emperor loses his capital, as he has already lost much of his territory in the duchies of Austria, Styria, and Carinthia. |
| 1 June 1616 | Japan [political events] | The Japanese de-facto shogun (military ruler) Tokugawa Ieyasu dies, handing de-facto as well as formal rule to his son Tokugawa Hidetada, shogun in name since 1605. |
| 1 June 1616 | Japan [births and deaths] | Tokugawa Ieyasu (original name Tokugawa Takechiyo), Japanese shogun (military ruler), founder of the Tokugawa (or Edo) shogunate, dies in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan (73). |
| 1 June 1642 | UK [political events] | England's Long Parliament passes the Nineteen Propositions, a list of demands, calling for parliamentary approval of the king's ministers and control of the militia, church reform, and enforcement of anti-Catholic legislation, amongst others, which is presented to King Charles I in York. He rejects them and the outbreak of the English Civil War becomes virtually inevitable. |
| 1 June 1699 | Spain, France, UK, Austria, Habsburg Monarchy, Holy Roman Empire [treaties] | A second Partition Treaty between King Louis XIV of France and King William III of Britain is signed, which amends the division of the Spanish kingdom established in its predecessor of October 1698. Archduke Charles of Austria is to receive Spain, Spanish America, and the Spanish Netherlands; Louis's son, Louis the Dauphin, is to get Naples, Sicily, and Lorraine; and Charles, Duke of Lorraine, is to receive Milan as compensation. |
| 1 June 1794 | UK, France [French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1801)] | The British admiral Richard, Lord Howe, defeats a French fleet in the English Channel in a battle subsequently known in Britain as ‘The Glorious First of June’. |
| 1 June 1799 | UK, Russia, Austria-HM, Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Naples [French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1801)] | The British prime minister, William Pitt the Younger, concludes the formation of the Second Coalition of Britain, Russia, Austria, the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, and Naples against France. |
| 1 June 1801 | USA [births and deaths] | Brigham Young, US religious leader of the Mormon Church who leads converts to colonize the US West and establishes a base at Salt Lake City, born in Whitingham, Vermont (–1877). |
| 1 June 1926 | [births and deaths] | Marilyn Monroe, US actor and sex symbol, born in Los Angeles, California (–1962). |
| 1 June 1933 | [aircraft] | The Douglas Company DC-1 airliner makes its first flight from Santa Monica, California. During the flight it loses power in both engines. Power is regained on the descent and it is discovered that the carburettors have been installed backwards. The plane has variable speed propellers and can fly at 241kph/150 mph and carry 12 passengers. |
| 1 June 1941 | UK [World War II (1939–45)] | Clothes are rationed in the UK and ‘utility’ clothing and furniture are introduced. |
| 1 June 1946 | UK [television] | Television licences are introduced in the UK: around 7,500 are sold, at a cost of £2 each. |
| 1 June 1973 | UK [television] | Trevor MacDonald becomes the first black newsreader on national British television, appearing on ITN news broadcasts. |
| 1 June 1976 | Iceland, UK [diplomacy] | The ‘Cod War’ between Iceland and Britain ends after mediation by Norway, and a 200-mile fishing limit is agreed. |
| 1 June 1980 | USA [television] | US entrepreneur Ted Turner launches the Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour network in the world to focus solely on news. |
| 1 June 1986 | USA [television] | The US Senate allows its proceedings to be televised but discontinues in July. |
| 1 June 1994 | South Africa [political events] | South Africa rejoins the British Commonwealth. |
| 1 June 1999 | Russia [space exploration] | The Russian space agency orders the cosmonauts aboard the Mir space station to return to Earth in August, abandoning the problem-ridden space station. |
