What Happened in June 1738

Famous Birthdays

  • Jun 3 Johann Christoph Oley, German composer, baptized in Bernburg, Saxony-Anhalt (d. 1789)

George III (1738-1820)

Jun 4 King of Great Britain and Ireland and King/Elector of Hanover (1760-1820), born in London

  • Jun 16 Mary Katharine Goddard, American printer and publisher (d. 1816)
  • Jun 22 Jacques Delille, French poet and translator (d. 1813)
  • Jun 29 Constantin Reindl, German composer, born in Jettenhofen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1799)

Famous Deaths

  • Jun 5 Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor, dies at 79
  • Jun 21 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English statesman (b. 1674)