June 7 1420 Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patria del Friuli.
June 7 1527 Pope Clement VII surrenders to Emperor Charles V's armies
June 7 1557 England declares war on France
June 7 1672 Battle by Solebay: Dutch admiral M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet
June 7 1694 English invasion army under Thomas Tollemache reaches Brest
June 7 1557 England declares war on France
June 7 1672 Battle by Solebay: Dutch admiral M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet
June 7 1694 English invasion army under Thomas Tollemache reaches Brest
June 7 1862 General B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed US flag on display over New Orleans Mint
June 7 1880 War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
June 7 1900 Boer general Christian de Law occupies British rail depot at Roodewal
June 7 1912 US army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane
June 7 1916 Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun
June 7 1917 World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
June 7 1942 World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory.
June 7 1942 World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying
the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
June 7 1942 Germany Army marches into Sebastopol
June 7 1944 World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, is sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini.
June 7 1944 World War II: Battle of Normandy: At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.
June 7 1967 Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem
June 7 2019 Her Majesty’s New Zealand Ship Manawanui was commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy by the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
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