Events in History
- Jun 15 Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana
Alaska Purchase
Jun 20 US President Andrew Johnson announces the Alaska Purchase
Birthdays in History
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867-1951)
Jun 4 Finnish general and 6th President of Finland (1944-46), born in Askainen, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
- Jun 6 David Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1931)
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Jun 8 American architect (Guggenheim) recognized as "the greatest American architect of all time", born in Richland Center, Wisconsin
- Jun 11 Charles Fabry, French physicist, discoverer of ozone layer in upper atmosphere, born in Marseille, France (d. 1945)
- Jun 15 Konstantin Balmont, Russian writer, born in Gumnishchi, Shuya (d. 1945)
- Jun 17 Henry Lawson, Australian writer and poet (n the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses), born in Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1922)
- Jun 17 John Robert Gregg, Irish-American inventor of a shorthand system Gregg Shorthand, born in Rockcorry, Ireland (d. 1948)
- Jun 28 Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (Six Characters in Search of An Author-Nobel 1934), born in Agrigento, Sicily, Italy (d. 1936)
Deaths in History
- Jun 1 Karl von Staudt, German mathematician (projective geometry), dies at 69
Maximilian I (1832-1867)
Jun 19 Austrian archduke and the 1st and only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire (1864-67), executed by firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro at 34
- Jun 22 Leopold Marquard, South African clergyman, missionary and educationist, dies at 80
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