Historical Events
- Jun 1 It snows in Buffalo and Rochester, NY, & Cleveland, Ohio
Event of Interest
Jun 1 Sojourner Truth leaves NY to begin her career as antislavery activist

Sojourner Truth
Famous Birthdays
Susan Blow
Jun 7 Susan Blow, American educator who pioneered kindergarten education and was known as the "Mother of the Kindergarten", born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1916)

Susan Blow
- Jun 9 Bertha von Suttner, Austrian novelist and pacifist (1st woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905), born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1914)
- Jun 10 Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1900)
- Jun 15 Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (Bewitched One), born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1907)
- Jun 16 David Popper, composer
- Jun 16 Jan Malat, Czech composer (d. 1915)
- Jun 19 Charles-Édouard Lefebvre, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1917)
- Jun 30 Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat and scholar, born in Clapton, London, England (d. 1929)