Historical Events
- Jun 1 Captain John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship"
- Jun 6 US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ontario)
- Jun 21 Peninsular War: Battle of Vitoria results in a victory for a Spanish, Portuguese and British alliance against the French
- Jun 24 Battle of Beaver Dams - British and native forces defeat US forces (War of 1812)
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 5 Prosper Sainton, French violin teacher, and conductor (The Queen's Band, 1848-55), born in Toulouse, France (d. 1890)
- Jun 6 Israel Washburn Jr., American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Maine (1853-61), born in Livermore, Massachusetts (d. 1883)
- Jun 8 David Dixon Porter, United States Navy admiral, born in Chester, Pennsylvania (d. 1891)
- Jun 16 Otto Jahn, German archaeologist (d. 1869)
- Jun 18 Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian (Zametsjatelnoje desjatileti), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1887)
- Jun 24 Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and orator (Independent), born in Litchfield, Connecticut (d. 1887)
- Jun 25 William High Keim, American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Reading, Pennsylvania (d. 1862)
Famous Deaths
- Jun 6 Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect
- Jun 17 Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician, dies at 86
- Jun 28 Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussia general and Minister of War (1808-10) who reformed the Prussian army, dies at 57 after being wounded in the foot during battle
