Historical Events
- Jun 4 Pageant of 1671: French claim possession of lands "from the northern and western seas to the southern sea, including lands yet to be discovered" in ceremony at Jesuit Mission, Sault Saint, Canada [1]
- Jun 14 French officer Simon-François Daumont de Saint-Lusson takes possession for France of Lake Huron and Superior "and all the other contiguous and adjacent countries, rivers, lakes and streams, here, both discovered and yet to be discovered", at assembly of fourteen Amerindian nations at Sault-Sainte-Marie [1]
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 8 Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor), born in Venice, Republic of Venice (now Italy) (d. 1751)
- Jun 30 Teodorico Pedrini, also known as De Lige, Italian Vincentian priest, musician, composer, and missionary at the imperial court of China (1711-46), born in Fermo, Marche, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1746)
