📅 JUNE 14 📖
#OnThisDay in #history:

1158 – The city of Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar.

1381 – Richard II of England meets leaders of the Peasants' Revolt at Mile End. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.

1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Armed Forces.

1900 – Hawaii becomes a United States territory.

1940 – World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.

*Events selected are not necessarily positive/happy/to-be-celebrated, but items I thought were historically interesting and/or significant to their time and I'm trying to select items from a broad range of history and not clumped too close together.