Events in History
- Jun 12 Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands
Historic Invention
Jun 20 Samuel Morse patents his telegraph
Birthdays in History
- Jun 2 Thomas Hardy, poet and novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd), born in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset (d. 1928)
- Jun 3 Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Morning Twilight)
- Jun 6 William Francis Bartlett, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Haverhill, Massachusetts (d. 1876)
- Jun 7 Carlota of Mexico, princess of Belgium and empress consort of Mexico (1864-67), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1927)
- Jun 10 Thomas F. Toon, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Columbus County, North Carolina (d. 1902)
- Jun 10 Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter, born in Copenhagen (d. 1920)
- Jun 11 Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1888)
- Jun 16 Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (d. 1913)
- Jun 22 Ernest Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker)
Deaths in History
- Jun 6 Marcellin Champagnat, French priest (b. 1789)
- Jun 7 Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia (1797-1840), dies at 69
- Jun 19 John Cockerill, English-Belgian industrialist (founded iron, steel, and manufacturing company - John Cockerill & Company), dies at 50
- Jun 25 Leopold count of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general and politician, dies at 82
- Jun 29 Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano, dies at 65
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