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 * 474 – Western Roman emperor Glycerius, who was not recognized by his Eastern counterpart Leo I, was forced to abdicate.
 * 1314 – In the decisive battle of the First War of Scottish Independence, Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce defeated English troops under Edward II near Bannockburn, Scotland.
 * 1340 – Hundred Years' War: The English fleet commanded by Edward III almost completely destroyed the French fleet at the Battle of Sluys.
 * 1559 – The 1559 Book of Common Prayer, a major component of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement, is legally introduced as the liturgy of the Church of England.
 * 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Led by Napoleon, the French Grande Armée crossed the Neman, beginning their invasion of Russia.
 * 1880 – "O Canada", the present-day national anthem of Canada, was first performed in Quebec City during a Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day banquet.
 * 1932 – A group of military officers and civilians engineered a bloodless coup in Siam, ending the absolute rule of the Chakri dynasty.
 * 1937 – The U.S. Navy's first two fast battleships, North Carolina and Washington, of the North Carolina class, were respectively ordered from the New York and Philadelphia Naval Shipyards.
 * 1939 – The first of the Thai cultural mandates was issued, officially changing the country's name from Siam to Thailand.
 * 1940 – Second World War: The British Army carried out Operation Collar, its first commando raid into German-occupied France.
 * 1989 – Following the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party appointed Jiang Zemin (pictured) as general secretary in place of Zhao Ziyang.
 * 2010 – John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut at the Wimbledon Championships, concluding the longest match in tennis history, which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes over three days.
 * Born/died this day: | Edward de Vere |d|1604| John Hampden |d|1643|Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui |b|1694| Jean-Baptiste de Boyer|b|1704| Ernst Heinrich Weber |b|1795|  Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener |b|1850| Hastings Rashdall |b|1858| Kapiʻolani|d|1899| Carolyn S. Shoemaker |b|1929| Minor White |d|1976V. V. Giri |d|1980| Jasmin Moghbeli |b|1983| Lisa|b|1987|Lionel Messi |b|1987| Mick Aston|d|2013