Birthdays in Music
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Jun 8 German pianist, composer (Humoresque), and music critic (Neue Zeitschrift für Musik - New Journal for Music), born in Zwickau, Kingdom of Saxony
- Jun 9 Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, German composer, one of the founders of the Vienna Philharmonic, born in Königsberg, Prussia (d. 1849)
- Jun 19 Ferdinand David, German violinist and composer (Hohe Schule des Violinspiels), born in Hamburg (d. 1873)
- Jun 23 Franziska"Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina
Deaths in Music
- Jun 1 Johann Paul Wessely, Czech composer, dies at 47
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