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What Happened in June 1762

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Jun 15 Austria uses 1st paper currency
Jun 28 1st reported counterfeiting attempt (Boston)

Catherine the Great Seizes Power

Jun 28 Russian Tsarina Catherine II seizes power, declaring herself sovereign ruler of Russia

Empress of Russia Catherine the Great

Famous Birthdays

Jun 1 Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (d. 1844)
Jun 24 Johann Paul Wessely [Jan Pavel Veselý], Czech violinist and composer, born in Hluboká nad Vltavou (Frauenberg), Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic (d. 1810)

Famous Divorces

Catherine the Great & Peter III

Jun 29 Russian Tsar Peter III divorces his wife Catherine II

Catherine the Great

Peter III

Famous Deaths

Jun 6 George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, British Royal Navy officer, dies at 65
Jun 17 Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French tragic poet and playwright (Rhadamiste et Zénobie), dies at 88
Jun 19 Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer, dies at 60

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