Historical Events
Leonhard Euler Leaves Russia
Jun 19 Russian mathematician Leonhard Euler leaves St. Petersburg for a position at the Berlin Academy, offered to him by Frederick the Great of Prussia
- Jun 30 Pope Benedict XIV encyclical forbidding traffic in alms
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 11 Joseph Warren, American physician and soldier, born in Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1775)
- Jun 19 Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver and art collector, born in Amsterdam (d. 1816)
- Jun 22 Luigi Tomasini, Italian violinist and composer (head of Prince Esterházy's court orchestra), born in Pesaro, Italy (d. 1808)
Famous Deaths
- Jun 22 Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Belgian composer, dies at 38
