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Battle of Deptford Bridge

Jun 17 Battle of Deptford Bridge - forces under King Henry VII soundly defeat Cornish rebels led by Michael An Gof

King of England Henry VII

Jun 22 Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath
Jun 24 Cornish traitors Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London

Cabot Claims Eastern Canada

Jun 24 John Cabot claims parts of North America (what is now Eastern Canada) for England believing he has found Asia in Newfoundland

Explorer John Cabot

Famous Deaths

Jun 14 Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, murdered under mysterious circumstances in Rome at about 23

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