Historical Events
Humboldt Expedition to Latin America
Jun 5 Naturalists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland set sail in the Pizarro from A Coruña, Spain, beginning their 5 year expedition to Latin American
- Jun 22 Britain and Russia decide to invade Batavian Republic
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 6 Alexander Pushkin, Russian writer and poet (Eugene Onegin), born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1837)
- Jun 18 William Lassell, British astronomer who discovered satellites of Uranus and Neptune, born in Bolton, England (d. 1880)
- Jun 23 John Milton Bernhisel, American physician (d. 1881)
- Jun 25 David Douglas, Scottish botanist (Douglas fir), born in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland (d. 1834)
Famous Weddings
David Thompson
Jun 10 Fur trader and explorer David Thompson (29) marries Metis woman Charlotte Small (13) at Île-à-la-Crosse
Famous Deaths
Patrick Henry (1736-1799)
Jun 6 American Revolutionary and Founding Father famous for his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, dies at 63
