Historical Events
- Jun 11 Cardinal Fleury succeeds Duke of Bourbon as French premier
Famous Birthdays
James Hutton (1726-1797)
Jun 3 Scottish geologist and father of modern geology, born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Jun 25 Thomas Pennant, Welsh naturalist, born in Downing, Wales (d. 1798)
Famous Deaths
- Jun 18 Michel-Richard Delalande, French organist and baroque composer (De Profundis), dies at 68
