- Jun 8 Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (Windhover), dies at 54
- Jun 15 Mihail Eminesco, Romanian poet (Luceafarul), dies at 39
- Jun 27 Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies
- Jun 27 Whitney Eugene Thayer, American composer, dies at 50
- Jun 28 Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer (Vassar), dies at 70
- Jun 30 Eugenio Terziani, Italian composer, dies at 64