What Happened in June 1582

Historical Events

  • Jun 20 Bishop Domingo de Salazar of Manila suppresses the Philippines

Honnō-ji Incident

Jun 21 Honnō-ji Incident: assassination of Oda Nobunaga by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide in Kyoto, Japan

Famous Birthdays

  • Jun 26 Johannes Schultz, German composer, born in Lüneburg, Germany (d. 1653)

Famous Deaths

Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582)

Jun 21 Japanese warlord who unified much of Japan, assassinated at 47 by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide

  • Jun 23 Shimizu Muneharu, Japanese military leader (b. 1537)