Historical Events
Metropolitan Police Act
Jun 19 Robert Peel introduces the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 into Parliament to establish a unified police force for London, the city's 1st modern police force
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 3 Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, French organist and composer, born in Montpelier, France (d. 1884)
Charles Brooke (1829-1917)
Jun 3 2nd White Rajah of Sarawak (1868-1917), born in Burnham-on-Sea, England
- Jun 6 Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese professional Go player, born in Innoshima, Bingo Province, Japan (d. 1862)
- Jun 6 John Baillie McIntosh, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Fort Brooke, Florida Territory (d. 1888)
- Jun 8 John Everett Millais, English painter (Order of Release), born in Southampton, Hampshire, England (d. 1896)
- Jun 9 Gaetano Braga, Italian composer, born in Giulianova, Italy (d. 1907)
- Jun 11 Hendrik Gerhard, Dutch tailor, workers' rights activist (founder - Dutch Chapter of International Workingmen's Association), and "father of socialism in the Netherlands" (Chairman of Dutch Social-Democratic (SDB) political party), born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1886)
- Jun 13 Antonio Zamara, Austrian harpist, teacher, and composer, born in Milan, Italy (d. 1901)
Geronimo (1829-1909)
Jun 16 Apache leader and resistance fighter, born in No-doyohn Canon, Mexico
Famous Deaths
- Jun 6 Shanawdithit (Nancy), last known survivor of First Nations People the Beothuk of Newfoundland, dies of tuberculosis at 29 [1]
- Jun 27 James Smithson, English scientist dies at about 64, his will leaves half a million dollars to the United States to establishes the Smithsonian Institute
- Jun 27 Louis-Sébastien Lebrun, French composer, dies at 64
