Events in History
- Jun 6 Franklin College founded, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Now part of Franklin & Marshall College.
- Jun 12 Delegates to the Constitutional Convention (held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) agree to requirement providing a senator must be at least 30 years old [1]
- Jun 20 Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States
Birthdays in History
- Jun 4 Constant Prévost, French geologist, born in Paris (d. 1856)
- Jun 27 Thomas Say, American naturalist and father of descriptive entomology, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1834)
- Jun 28 Harry Smith, English military commander and leader of British-Indian forces (Battle of Aliwal), born in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, England (d. 1860)
Deaths in History
- Jun 19 Sophie Hélène Béatrix, Princess of France, daughter of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette, dies aged 11 months 10 days
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