Editing June 6 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1654]] &ndash; Swedish Queen [[Christina, Queen of Sweden|Christina]] abdicated her throne in favour of her cousin [[Charles X Gustav of Sweden|Charles Gustav]] and converted to [[Catholicism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KNdAAAAAcAAJ&q=Charles+Gustavus&pg=PA153|title=Memoirs of Christina, Queen of Sweden: In 2 volumes. II|first=Henry|last=Woodhead|date=10 July 1863|publisher=Hurst and Blackett|access-date=10 July 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref> 
*[[1674]] &ndash; [[Shivaji]] is crowned as the first [[Chhatrapati]] of the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] at [[Raigad Fort]].<ref name="Barua2005">{{cite book |first=Pradeep |last=Barua | title=The State at War in South Asia | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FIIQhuAOGaIC&pg=PA42 | year= 2005 | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | isbn=978-0-8032-1344-9 | page=42 }}</ref> 
*[[1762]] &ndash; In the [[Seven Years' War]], British forces begin the [[Siege of Havana]] and temporarily capture the city.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pocock |first=Tom |title=Battle for Empire: the very first world war 1756–1763 |year=1998 |publisher=Michael O'Mara Books Ltd |location=London |pages=217–218 |isbn=978-18-54793-32-4}}</ref>
*[[1813]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Stoney Creek]], considered a critical turning point in the [[War of 1812]]. A British force of 700 under [[John Vincent (general)|John Vincent]] defeats an American force twice its size under [[William H. Winder|William Winder]] and [[John Chandler]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=521 |title=Battle of Stoney Creek National Historic Site of Canada |publisher=Parks Canada |location=Ottawa |access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Alexis St Martin]] is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to [[William Beaumont]]'s studies on digestion.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Tanner |first=David E. |title=Narrative, Ethics, and Human Experimentation in Richard Selzer's "Alexis St. Martin": the Miraculous Wound Re-Examined |journal=HEC Forum |date=2000 |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=149–160 |doi=10.1023/A:1008949000333 |pmid=11066194 |s2cid=45586623}}</ref>
*[[1832]] &ndash; The [[June Rebellion]] in Paris is put down by the National Guard.<ref>{{cite book |last=Seignobos |first=Charles |translator-first=Silas Marcus |translator-last=Macvane |title=A Political History of Europe since 1814 |year=1900 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.180159 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.180159/page/n158 136]–138}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor-first=William |editor-last=Duckett |title=Dictionnaire de la conversation et de la lecture |volume=11 |page=702 |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k308103/f706.image |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1844]] &ndash; The [[YMCA|Young Men's Christian Association]] (YMCA) is founded in London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ymca.int/about-us/ymca-history/ |title=YMCA History |work=World YMCA |publisher=World Alliance of YMCAs |location=Vernier, Switzerland |access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Queensland]] is established as a separate [[crown colony|colony]] from [[New South Wales]]. The date is still celebrated as [[Queensland Day]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/about/about-queensland/history/creation-of-state |title=Creation of a State |work=History of Queensland |publisher=The State of Queensland |location=Brisbane |access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; The [[First Battle of Memphis]], a naval engagement fought on the [[Mississippi]] results in the capture of [[Memphis, Tennessee]] by [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces from the [[Confederate States of America|Confederates]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Ellet#ref199664 |title=Charles Ellet (re Battle of Memphis) |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Luraghi |first=Raimondo |title=A History of the Confederate Navy |translator-last=Coletta |translator-first=Paolo E. |location=Annapolis |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1996 |page=71 |isbn=978-15-57505-27-9}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; The [[Shewa]]n forces of [[Menelik II of Ethiopia]] defeat the [[Gojjam]]e army in the [[Battle of Embabo]]. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the [[Abay River]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ofcansky |first1=Thomas P. |last2=Prouty |first2=Chris |last3=Shinn |first3=David Hamilton |title=Historical dictionary of Ethiopia |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham, Maryland |year=2004 |page=633 |isbn=978-08-10849-10-5}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; The [[Great Seattle Fire]] destroys all of downtown Seattle.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Austin |first1=Charles W. |last2=Scott |first2=H. S. |title=The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889 |journal=Washington State Genealogical and Historical Review |volume=1 |issue=2 |date=1983 |publisher=Meico Associates |location=South Prairie |pages=41–72}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; The [[Chicago "L"#History|Chicago "L"]] elevated rail system begins operation.<ref>{{cite book |last=Borzo |first=Greg |title=The Chicago "L" |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Chicago |year=2007 |pages=23, 43 |isbn=978-07-38551-00-5}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Governor of Colorado|Governor]] [[Davis Hanson Waite|Davis H. Waite]] orders the [[Colorado]] [[U.S. National Guard|state militia]] to protect and support the miners engaged in the [[Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894|Cripple Creek miners' strike]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Philpott |first=William |title=The Lessons of Leadville, Or, Why the Western Federation of Miners Turned Left |journal=Monograph |publisher=Colorado Historical Society |location=Denver |year=1994 |page=26 |issn=1046-3100}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Suggs |first=George G. Jr. |title=Colorado's War on Militant Unionism: James H. Peabody and the Western Federation of Miners |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |location=Norman, Oklahoma |year=1991 |page=19 |isbn=978-0-8061-2396-7}}</ref>