Historical Events
- Jun 1 Allardyce Barclay begins a bet of walking 1 mile every hour for 1,000 hours. Each hour he walked a mile round trip from his home
- Jun 6 Sweden declares independence, constitutional monarchy established with a new constitution empowering Riksdag after 20 years of absolute monarchy
- Jun 8 William Hyde Wollaston invents the first reflective goniometer
- Jun 10 1st US steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves NY for Philadelphia
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 13 George Philip St Cooke, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Leesburg, Virginia (d. 1895)
- Jun 15 François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)
- Jun 18 Sylvanus William Godon, Commander (Union Navy), (d. 1879)
- Jun 27 François Certain Canrobert, French marshal and parliament member, born in Saint-Céré, France (d. 1895)
Famous Deaths
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
Jun 8 English American writer and political essayist (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72
