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20 June 1566: b. Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania & monarch of the united Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1587 to 1632 as well as King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 until his deposition in 1599.

Rembrandt keeping it real, 1631 (British Museum)

20 June: Translation Feast of St. Edward the martyr King of #England to #Shaftesbury (d.978) #otd

Old man with a child, perfectly observed by Rembrandt, c. 1639-1640. (British Museum)

Lost in thought by Willem Drost, 1650-1655 (British Museum)

Cutlery the 1670 way Trade card of Thomas Hollis Snr & Jnr, cutlers, London (British Museum)

20 June 1632: Hugh de Burgo #Franciscan writes Luke Wadding of #Waterford #otd about the reluctance of the authorities in Madrid to hand over a relic of St. Isidore for the recently founded Irish Franciscan College of S. Isidore's Rome. He thinks a papal letter will work. (JMcC)

20 June: feast of St. Alban, 3rd century protomartyr of #England #otd The 1589 English College Valladolid is dedicated to him &, as it happens, Francis Bacon was Viscount St Alban. Here is a 1649 copper token depicting Alban by an altar. (BM)

20 June 1540: Anne of Cleves complains that Henry VIII has eyes only for Katherine Howard #otd (BM)

This 11th century bell is associated with St. Cuileán of Glankeen, Co. Tipperary and is also known as Bearnán Cuileáin. It was found near Borrisoleigh, for the popular tale collected about it, see: duchas.ie/en/cbes/492217…

Street lamp reflection, Merrion Square, Dublin.

20 June 1631: Baltimore, West #Cork is attacked by pirates led by Murad Reis, a Dutch convert to Islam #otd - over 100 people were captured. (Baltimore beacon, Ben Rudiak-Gould)

Three Studies of a Bishop, Vittore Carpaccio, c. 1495-1498 (British Museum)

"The Picktuer Shope" Trade card of Arthur Tooker, stationer, with a globe in a stand, on which are depicted a lion, crown and star; top centre, a crescent. 1664 (British Museum)

John McCafferty Thanks for sharing, John 😊 Here’s a picture of his shrine in St Albans Cathedral. Well worth a visit if any of your followers haven’t been. You can also see the original medieval watchers gallery from which the monks kept an eye on pilgrims as they visited the shrine.

La Roue de la Fortune Vers 1651/1652 Louis Testelin (Musée du Louvre)

Losing Card Player, Jan van de Velde (II), 1633 This is part of a series of 17 with moralising verses by the recently deceased minister Samuel Ampzing who died in 1632. (Rijksmuseum)

A Pilgrim-badge of lead alloy, e. 14th century St Edmund bound to tree and pierced with arrows; the upper part is missing; a wolf at his feet. (British Museum)

20 June 1641: Henry Burton preaches to the House of Commons on the need to purge the #English church and the universities #otd (eebo)

20 June: feast of St. Adalbert, first Archbishop of Magdeburg & missionary to East European Slavs #otd