Events in History
- Jun 1 1st US congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths)
- Jun 3 Explorer Alexander Mackenzie sets out on his first expedition to the Pacific from Fort Chipewyan (finds the Arctic Ocean instead)
Bill of Rights
Jun 8 James Madison introduces a proposed Bill of Rights in the US House of Representatives
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Mutiny on the Bounty
Jun 14 Captain William Bligh and his loyal men cast off from HMS Bounty reach Timor, after sailing 5,800 km in a 6-metre launch
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Deaths in History
- Jun 12 Jean E Liotard [Turk], Swiss painter (Maria-Theresia), dies