Historical Events
Boston Tea Party
Jun 1 Boston Port Act: Following the passage of the act, the British government orders Port of Boston closed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party
- Jun 2 Intolerable Acts: Amendment to original Quartering Act enacted, allows governors in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters not provided
- Jun 11 Jews of Algiers escape attacking Spanish Army
- Jun 13 Rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves
- Jun 16 Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky
- Jun 22 British parliament accepts Quebec Act, which extends the province's territory and restores French civil law
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 2 William Lawson, English born explorer of New South Wales, Australia, born in Finchley, England (d. 1850)
- Jun 21 Daniel D. Tompkins, American politician, 6th US Vice President (1817-25), born in Scarsdale, New York (d. 1825)
- Jun 23 Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (set out official Dutch spelling), born in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (d. 1854)
- Jun 24 François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French Army general, born in Lunéville, France (d. 1838)
