What happend on 1st June

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1831

James Clark Ross discovers the position of the North Magnetic Pole on the Boothia Peninsula.

1815

Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.

1813

The United States Navy gains its motto as the mortally wounded commander of the frigate Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, said, 'Don't give up the ship'.

1812

War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.

1796

Tennessee becomes the 16th state of the United States.

1792

Kentucky becomes the 15th state of the United States.

1779

American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold is court-martialed for malfeasance in his treatment of government property.

1660

Mary Dyer is hanged in Boston, Massachusetts, for defying a law banning Quakers from the colony. She is considered to be the last religious martyr in what would become the United States.

1533

Henry VIII of England's new wife, Anne Boleyn, is crowned as queen.

1495

Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky.