Historical Events
- Jun 3 Cullen Whipple patents a machine for making screws
- Jun 8 Pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island
- Jun 9 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa, and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts
- Jun 17 Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 8 Natalia Janotha, Polish pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1932)
- Jun 14 Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (Markov Chain), born in Ryazan, Russian Empire (d. 1922)
- Jun 19 Elbert Hubbard, American editor, publisher and author (Message to Garcia), born in Bloomington, Illinois (d. 1915)
- Jun 20 George Vernon, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Middlesex CCC, MCC), born in London, England (d. 1902)
- Jun 22 Henry Rider Haggard, British author (King Solomon's Mines, She, Dawn), born in Bradenham, England (d. 1925)
- Jun 30 Gerrit Kalff, Dutch professor (history of Dutch writers), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1923)
Famous Weddings
Samuel Colt
Jun 5 American industrialist and firearms manufacturer Samuel Colt (41) weds American philanthropist Elizabeth Hart Jarvis (29) at Christ Episcopal Church in Middleton, Connecticut, until his death in 1862
