Events in History
- Jun 5 Batavian Republic becomes Kingdom of Holland
- Jun 24 British under Commodore Popham and Colonel Beresford reach Buenos Aires
- Jun 27 Buenos Aires captured by British
Birthdays in History
- Jun 1 John B Floyd, American Governor (Virginia), Secretary of War (1857-60) and Confederate general, born in Blacksburg, Virginia (d. 1863)
- Jun 8 Gideon Johnson Pillow, American lawyer and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Williamson County, Tennessee (d. 1878)
- Jun 12 John A. Roebling, German-American civil engineer (Brooklyn Bridge), born in Mühlhausen, Germany (d. 1869)
- Jun 13 Bernard ter Haar, Dutch poet (Herbert and Clara) and church historian, born in Amsterdam (d. 1880)
- Jun 16 Edward Davy, English physician, chemist, and inventor (d. 1885)
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