Historical Events
- Jun 10 Jacobite Rising: Battle of Glen Shiel - Jacobite army defeated by British forces
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 2 Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (Le Philosophe sans le savoir), born in Paris (d. 1797)
- Jun 11 François-Charles de Velbrück, German Prince-Bishop of Liege (1772-84), born near Düsseldorf (d. 1784)
- Jun 28 Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French statesman, born in Nancy, France (d. 1785)
Famous Deaths
Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
Jun 17 English essayist, playwright (Cato, a Tragedy), poet and Whig politician who co-founded "The Spectator" magazine, dies at 47
