What Happened in June 1749

Historical Events

  • Jun 21 Pieter Steyn installed as pension advisor of Netherlands
  • Jun 21 Town of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded by the British - sparks Father Le Loutre's War
  • Jun 25 General fast because of drought in Massachusetts
  • Jun 29 New Governor Charles de la Ralière Des Herbiers arrives at Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island).

Famous Birthdays

  • Jun 15 George Joseph Vogler, German composer, organist and teacher, born in Würzburg (d. 1814)
  • Jun 19 Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, French revolutionary and President of the National Convention, born in Paris (d. 1796)
  • Jun 23 Konrad Back, German monastic composer, born in Haigerloch, County of Hohenzollern, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1810)
  • Jun 26 Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, French composer, born in Marseille, France (d. 1820)

Famous Deaths

  • Jun 13 Jan Frans van Bloemen, Flemish landscape painter, dies at 87
  • Jun 16 Johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian trader (b. 1672)
  • Jun 18 Ambrose Philips, English poet (b. 1674)