Historical Events
- Jun 4 Quakers leave assembly of Pennsylvania
- Jun 20 Black Hole of Calcutta: 146 British soldiers, Anglo-Indian soldiers and Indian civilians are imprisoned in a small dungeon in Calcutta, India where most die from suffocation and heat exhaustion
- Jun 20 Siraj ud-Daulah Nawab of Bengal takes Calcutta from the British
- Jun 27 French fleet conquer St Philips Castle of Minorca
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 6 John Trumbull, American painter (Declaration of Independence), born in Lebanon, Connecticut (d. 1843)
- Jun 8 Cornelis van Foreest, Dutch politician, Mayor of Alkmaar, born in Alkmaar, Netherlands (d. 1823)
- Jun 17 Pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public, born in Montpellier, France (d. 1820)
- Jun 20 Joseph Martin Kraus, German-Swedish composer, known as "the Swedish Mozart", conductor, and pedagogue, born in Miltenberg am Main, Electorate of Bavaria (now Germany) (d. 1792)