Jun 4 First baseball-type game in Canada played at Beachville, Upper Canada Jun 10 Myall Creek Massacre in Australia: 28 Aboriginal Australians are murdered Jun 12 Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Massachusetts Jun 12 Iowa Territory forms with Burlington as its capital Coronation of Queen Victoria Jun 28 Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey, London Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey by Sir George Hayter 1837 Historical Events by Year 1839