Historical Events
Beaumont Treats Stomach Wound
Jun 6 Alexis St. Martin shot in the stomach and treated by physician William Beaumont on Mackinac Island. Leads Beaumont to conduct digestion experiments through hole in St. Martin's stomach.
- Jun 9 Charles Graham of New York patents porcelain false teeth
Babbage's Difference Engine
Jun 14 Charles Babbage proposes a "difference engine" in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables"
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 10 John Jacob Astor III, American businessman (Astor Estate holdings), born in New York (d. 1890)
- Jun 11 Samuel Davis Sturgis, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1889)
- Jun 13 Carl Schmidt, Baltic German chemist, born in Mitau, Russian Empire (d. 1884)
- Jun 18 Henry David Leslie, British choral and orchestral conductor, and composer, born in London, England (d. 1896)
- Jun 23 Young Marshall Moody, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1866)
- Jun 24 Birkett D. Fry, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Kanawha County, Virginia (d. 1891)
Famous Weddings
- Jun 29 Nephew of Napoleon, biologist and ornithologist Prince Charles Bonaparte marries cousin Zenaide Bonaparte