Historical Events
- Jun 12 Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands
Morse Telegraph
Jun 20 American inventor Samuel Morse patents his telegraph
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 2 Thomas Hardy, poet and novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd), born in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset (d. 1928)
- Jun 3 Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer and poet (Morning Twilight), born in Torhout, Flanders (d. 1926)
- Jun 6 John Stainer, English organist, composer (The Crucifixion), musicologist, and educator, born in Southwark, London (d. 1901)
- Jun 6 William Francis Bartlett, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Haverhill, Massachusetts (d. 1876)
- Jun 7 Carlota of Mexico, princess of Belgium and empress consort of Mexico (1864-67), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1927)
- Jun 10 Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter, born in Copenhagen (d. 1920)
- Jun 10 Thomas F. Toon, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Columbus County, North Carolina (d. 1902)
- Jun 11 Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1888)
- Jun 16 Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer (d. 1913)
- Jun 22 Ernst Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker), and namesake of a lunar crater, born in Neukirchen, Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1923)
- Jun 24 Louis Brassin, Belgian composer and pianist, born in Aix-la-Chapelle (d. 1884)
Famous Deaths
- Jun 6 Marcellin Champagnat, French priest (b. 1789)
- Jun 7 Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia (1797-1840), dies at 69
- Jun 19 John Cockerill, English-Belgian industrialist (founded iron, steel, and manufacturing company - John Cockerill & Company), dies at 50
- Jun 25 Leopold Karel, Count of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general and politician who was part of the 1812 Triumvirate in the Netherlands, dies at 82
- Jun 29 Lucien Bonaparte, Corsican-French prince of Canino and Musignano (younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte), dies of cancer at 65
