Royal Grant: Roquefort Cheese Monopoly (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)

Royal Grant: Roquefort Cheese Monopoly (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)

From A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History by Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones

June 4, 2026 · 7 min

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This episode covers significant historical events that occurred on June 4th, including the granting of a cheese monopoly and various battles.

A Daily Dose of History (04 Jun 2026) Today's historical events: King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries. The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt. Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan. Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession. Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians. The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon). Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated). Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain. King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel. Information from this episode are sourced from API…

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Hosts: Amalia Dupray, Montgomery Jones

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Organizations: Klassic Studios

Places: Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, London

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