What Happened in June 1852

Famous Birthdays

  • Jun 23 Raoul Pugno, Italian-French piano prodigy, organist (Church of Saint-Eugène, 1872–92), composer, and pedagogue (Paris Conservatoire, 1892-1901), born in Paris, France (d. 1914)
  • Jun 24 Victor Adler, Austrian politician (Minister of Foreign Affairs), born in Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (d. 1918)

Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926)

Jun 25 Catalan-Spanish architect (Sagrada Família, Casa Milà, Casa Batlló), born in Reus, Catalonia, Spain

  • Jun 28 Hans Huber, Swiss composer and pedagogue, born in Eppenberg-Wöschnau, Switzerland (d. 1921)

Famous Deaths

  • Jun 5 Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, Polish composer, dies at 45
  • Jun 6 Tommaso Marchesi, Italian composer, dies at 79
  • Jun 11 Karl Briullov, Russian painter, dies at 52

Henry Clay (1777-1852)

Jun 29 American politician known as "the Great Compromiser", Speaker of the House, Senator and Secretary of State (1825-29), dies of tuberculosis at 75