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June 1805 in History

Events in History

  • Jun 4 Tripoli forced to conclude peace with US after war over tribute
  • Jun 5 1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley" (Southern Illinois)
  • Jun 10 First Barbary War: Yussif Karamanli signs a treaty ending hostilities with the United States
  • Jun 21 Great Stone Face, or the Profile found in New Hampshire
  • Jun 30 Michigan Territory organizes

Birthdays in History

  • Jun 14 Robert Anderson, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1871)
  • Jun 15 William Butler Ogden, American real estate investor, politician (1st Mayor of Chicago, 1837-38), railroad executive (president of Union Pacific, 1862-63), and philanthropist, born in Walton, New York (d. 1877) at 72
  • Jun 21 Charles Thomas Jackson, American physician and geologist, born in Plymouth, Massachusetts (d. 1880)
  • Jun 22 Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Il Apostolato Popolare)
  • Jun 29 Hiram Powers, American sculptor (Greek Slave), born in Woodstock, Vermont (d. 1873)

Weddings in History

William Lamb

Jun 3 Lady Caroline Ponsonby (19) marries future Prime Minister William Lamb, Lord Melbourne (26) in London

William Lamb
British Prime Minister William Lamb

Deaths in History

  • Jun 19 Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (b. 1724)

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