1215
The Jaffna Kingdom (Aryacakravarti dynasty, 1215-1620)
was the significant independent Tamil kingdom that ruled northern Sri Lanka for 400+ years from its capital at Nallur.
On this day
June 1
Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on June 1 across the 7 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.
7 events
5 centuries
6 countries
1685
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
served as **Thomaskantor (Cantor of St.
1897
June 1, 1897
UBE Corporation (formerly Ube Industries) was founded June 1, 1897 by Watanabe Yūichirō (1854-1907) as the wider Okinoyama Coal Mine at Okinoyama (modern Ube).
1952
Politeknik Penerbangan Indonesia Curug (PPIC, Indonesia Aviation Polytechnic Curug)
is the Indonesian national civil-aviation training academy and one of the Southeast-Asian aviation-training institutions.
1962
June 1-2, 1962 Novocherkassk massacre
The June 1-2, 1962 Novocherkassk massacre was significantly the main Soviet-era massacre of unarmed protesters + a significant precursor to the wider Soviet political-and-economic crisis of the 1980s.
1998
Frankfurt is the financial heart of the Eurozone
through the European Central Bank (ECB).
2003
June 1, 2003
Business Bay is wider main Dubai mega-development district + wider Middle-East-and-Gulf-financial-and-commercial-district.
Drawn from the Pyflo Atlas — an interactive timeline of 1,601 editorial events reaching back to 2100 BCE, each pin a deep link into a city's full story. Watch history play out on the map →