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June1755

Historical Events in June 1755

Jun 16 British capture strategic Fort Beauséjour, eastern Canada, expelling the Acadians and renaming it Fort Cumberland

James Cook Joins the Navy

Jun 17 Future explorer James Cook joins the Royal Navy as an able-bodied seaman at Wapping, East London [1]

Explorer James Cook

Jun 29 515 prominent Filipinos baptized as Catholic
Jun 29 German medieval heroic poem "Nibelungenlied" (the Song of the Nibelungs) rediscovered in Hohenems Castle Library in Vorarlberg, Austria by Jacob Hermann Oreit
Jun 30 Philippines close all non-catholic Chinese restaurants

Historical Figures