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Thompson Reaches Saskatchewan River Mouth

Jun 7 Anglo-Canadian explorer David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba

Explorer and Cartographer David Thompson

Battle of Marengo

Jun 14 Battle of Marengo (Alessandria): Napoleon Bonaparte's French army overcomes Austrian forces in Piedmont, Italy

French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte
  • Jun 29 Free mason lodge establishes in Alkmaar
  • Jun 30 Glasgow Police Act establishes the City of Glasgow Police, considered the 1st modern-style municipal police force, in Glasgow, Scotland
Events in 1800

Famous Birthdays

  • Jun 1 Edward Deas Thomson, Australian politician (d. 1879)
  • Jun 23 Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (d. 1846)
Born in 1800

Famous Deaths

  • Jun 7 Willem Arnold Alting, Dutch administrator (Governor-General of Dutch East Indies, 1780-97), dies at 75
  • Jun 10 Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer, dies at 53
  • Jun 14 Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general, dies at 47
  • Jun 14 Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French military leader (b. 1768)
  • Jun 20 Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician, dies at 80

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