Events in History
- Jun 2 Donati Comet 1st seen named after its discoverer
Event of Interest
Jun 16 Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand" accepting Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the Senate
- Jun 29 Great fire in London docks
- Jun 29 Treaty of Algun: China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia
Birthdays in History
- Jun 1 William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet (Beyond the Hills of Dream, Ian of the Orcades), born in Newmarket, Ontario (d. 1918)
- Jun 16 Gustav V, king of Sweden (1907-50), born in Stockholm (d. 1950)
- Jun 17 Eben Sumner Draper, American businessman and politician (44th Governor of Massachusetts), born in Hopedale, Massachusetts (d. 1914)
- Jun 18 Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist
- Jun 19 Dirk Fock, Dutch politician and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1921-26), born in Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands (d. 1941)
- Jun 20 Charles W. Chesnutt, American writer (The Conjure Woman), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1932)
- Jun 20 Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits), born in Turin, Italy (d. 1928)
- Jun 23 William Ernst Johnson, British mathematician, born in Cambridge, England
- Jun 25 Georges Courteline [Moineau], French playwright, born in Tours, France (d. 1929)
- Jun 29 George Washington Goethals, American army general and civil engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1928)
Weddings in History
Henrik Ibsen
Jun 18 Norwegian modernist playwright "The Doll's House" Henrik Ibsen (30) marries Suzannah Thoresen (21) in Oslo
Deaths in History
John Snow (1813-1858)
Jun 16 English epidemiologist who studied cholera and is considered the 'Father of modern epidemiology', dies of a stroke at 45
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