Historical Events
- Jun 2 Donati Comet 1st seen named after its discoverer
Historic Event
Jun 16 Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand" accepting Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the Senate
Sports History
Jun 21 Louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet (Beyond the Hills of Dream, Ian of the Orcades), born in Newmarket, Ontario (d. 1918)
- Jun 8 Harry Rowe Shelley, American composer (known for his hymn music), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1947)
- Jun 8 Antoni Nicolau, Spanish composer and conductor, born in Barcelona (d. 1933)
- Jun 16 Gustav V, king of Sweden (1907-50), born in Stockholm (d. 1950)
- Jun 17 Eben Sumner Draper, American businessman and politician (44th Governor of Massachusetts), born in Hopedale, Massachusetts (d. 1914)
- Jun 18 Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist
- Jun 19 George Alexander [Samson], British actor, theatre producer and manager, born in Reading, Berkshire (d. 1918)
- Jun 19 Dirk Fock, Dutch politician and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1921-26), born in Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands (d. 1941)
- Jun 20 Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1928)
- Jun 20 Charles W. Chesnutt, American writer (The Conjure Woman), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1932)
- Jun 23 William Ernst Johnson, British mathematician, born in Cambridge, England
Famous Weddings
Henrik Ibsen
Jun 18 Norwegian modernist playwright "The Doll's House" Henrik Ibsen (30) marries Suzannah Thoresen (21) in Oslo
Famous Deaths
- Jun 3 Julius Reubke, German organist, pianist, and composer (Sonata on the 94th Psalm in c), dies of tuberculosis at 24
- Jun 11 Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (b. 1773)
- Jun 12 Cornelis Smit, Dutch ship builder, dies at 74
- Jun 12 William Horsley, English musician and composer, dies at 83
- Jun 15 Ary Scheffer, Dutch French Romantic painter, etcher and sculptor, dies at 63
- Jun 16 John Snow, English epidemiologist who studied cholera and is considered the 'Father of modern epidemiology', dies of a stroke at 45
- Jun 17 Rani Lakshmibai, queen of Jhansi in North India, one of the leading figures of the Indian rebellion of 1857 (b. 1828)
- Jun 18 Lakshmi Bai, Indian Queen of the princely state of Jhansi in North India and leader of the Indian Mutiny (1857-58), dies at 23
