Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Jun 27 Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet and novelist (Oak & Ivory), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1906)
Famous Weddings
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
Jun 17 Jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr (31) weds childhood friend Fanny Bowditch Dixwell
Famous Deaths
James Gordon Bennett
Jun 1 James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (New York Herald), dies at 76
- Jun 3 Heinrich Esser, German composer and conductor, dies at 53
- Jun 4 Johan R Thorbecke, literature/liberal premier, dies
- Jun 4 Stanisław Moniuszko, Polish conductor, composer (Straszny dwór - The Haunted Manor), and teacher, dies at 53
- Jun 16 Norman MacLeod, Scottish clergyman (b. 1812)
- Jun 28 Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, German composer, dies at 66