Events in History Jun 8 British fleet occupies Belle Île off the Brittany Coast Jun 10 Puritan version of "Othello" opens in Newport Rhode Island Birthdays in History Jun 3 Henry Shrapnel, English Army officer and inventor (created the shrapnel shell), born in Wiltshire, England (d. 1842) Jun 7 John Rennie, Scottish engineer, born in East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland (d. 1821) Deaths in History Jun 2 Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685) 1760 On This Day in History 1762