Historical Events in June || Listed by Year

Conquests ended, revolutions flared, and bold experiments took shape in June. Alexander the Great’s death left an empire in turmoil, the Tang Dynasty rose in China, and King John sealed the Magna Carta at Runnymede. Battles shifted history—from Manzikert and Bunker Hill to the Little Bighorn—while explorers like Sir Francis Drake pushed the edge of the known world on California’s coast.

Innovation and upheaval define modern history. The Statue of Liberty sailed into New York Harbor, Gandhi launched his first act of civil disobedience, and Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity redefined science. Ford built an auto empire, Apple shipped its Apple II, and Watergate exposed a political scandal. Even the end of Soviet occupation in East Germany and the construction of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault marked June as a month where the future takes shape. Explore what happened in June.