Historical Events
1st Victoria Cross Recipients
Jun 26 The first 62 recipients are awarded the Victoria Cross for valour in the Crimean war by Queen Victoria
- Jun 27 Bibighar massacre of 120 British women and children following the siege of Cawnpore
Donnelly Freud Intensifies
Jun 27 James Donnelly becomes engaged in a drunken brawl with Patrick Farrell, who suffers a fatal blow to the head. Farrell dies two days later, which makes James Donnelly a wanted man and draws the Donnelly family into the notorious feud
- Jun 29 Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British)
Famous Birthdays
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Jun 2 English composer (Coronation Ode, Pomp and Circumstance), born in Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire
- Jun 2 Karl Adolph Gjellerup, poet (Poutnici Svetem, Nobel 1917), born in Roholte, Denmark (d. 1919)
- Jun 6 Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician (Lyapunov exponent), born in Yaroslavl, Russian Empire (d. 1918)
- Jun 12 Achille Simonetti, Italian violinist and composer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1928)
- Jun 18 Henry Clay Folger, American CEO of Standard Oil and founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library, born in New York City (d. 1930)
Famous Weddings
- Jun 6 Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway
Famous Deaths
- Jun 8 Douglas William Jerrold, English playwright and satirist, dies at 54
- Jun 19 Alexander Twilight, American politician and minister, first African American to graduate and hold political office, dies at 61
- Jun 28 Joseph Fischhof, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer, dies at 53
- Jun 30 Alcide d'Orbigny, French naturalist, dies at 54
