Jun 26 Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
Famous Birthdays
Jun 5 Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker, baptized in Otley, Yorkshire, England (d. 1779)
Jun 17 George Howard, British field marshal (d. 1796)
Jun 27 Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1763)