Date of the day

Ivan Lutskevich,

politician and public figure, publicist, archeologist, ideologist of the Belarusian national liberation movement of the early twentieth century, brother of

Anton Lutskevich

, was born on June 9, 1881 .

Also on this day

1661

- Mogilev is given the coat of arms.

1815

- The Congress of Vienna ends, establishing a new European order after the Napoleonic Wars.

1898

- Great Britain leases Hong Kong territory for 99 years.

1919

- at the congress of Belarusian delegates of Vilnius and Hrodna confirmed loyalty to the ideals of independent Belarus, expressed full confidence in the BNR government, established the Central Belarusian Council of Vilnius and Hrodna.

1929

- The so-called "Trial of 75" begins in Hrodna - a trial organized by the Polish authorities against activists of the Western Belarusian national movement.

1955 - The

Konstantin Zaslonov

Children's Railway opens in Minsk

.

1960

- The Central State Archive of Literature and Art of Belarus is founded.

2019

- Kazakhstan holds early presidential elections, which were won by

Kasym-Zhamart Takayev

.

Kasym-Zhamart Takaev

Born on this day

1672

-

Peter I

, Tsar of Moscow, the first emperor of the Russian Empire.

1868

-

Vladislav Veriga

, Belarusian philosopher, ethnographer, folklorist.

1895

-

Ignat Dvarchanin

, Belarusian literary critic, poet, publicist, public figure.

He was arrested in 1933 in the case of the Belarusian National Center, shot in 1937, and rehabilitated in 1956.

Ignat Dvarchanin

1910

-

Victor Vovchak

, Belarusian architect.

The main works in Minsk: the building of the regional executive committee, the Yanka Kupala Literary Museum, a house on the street.

K. Marx.

One of the authors of the memorial complex "Brest Fortress-Hero".

1919

-

Isaac Boleslawski

, Belarusian chess player, international grandmaster, world and European champion in the team championship.

1958

-

Ales Kamotski

, Belarusian poet and bard.

Ales Kamotski

In memory

1870

-

Charles Dickens

, British writer and journalist.

Charles Dickens, portrait

1863

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Boleslaw Kalyszko

, one of the leaders of the anti-Russian uprising, hanged in Vilnius on Luki Square.