Historical Events
Lord Raleigh Elected to Royal Society
Jun 12 Physicist and mathematician John William Strutt [Lord Raleigh] elected fellow of the Royal Society
Susan B. Anthony Fined for Voting
Jun 18 Susan B. Anthony fined $100 ($2,200 in 2020 value) for voting for US President in Rochester, New York; she refused to pay and no further action against her was taken
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 Ada Jane Jones, English-American popular singer, among the earliest female singers to be recorded, born in Lancashire, England (d. 1922)
- Jun 3 Otto Loewi, German physician (Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 1936), born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (d. 1961)
- Jun 6 Paul Keller, German writer (Ferien vom Ich), born in Arnsdorf, Lower Silesia, Germany (d. 1932)
- Jun 7 Landon Ronald, British composer, pianist and teacher (Guildhall School of Music), born in Kensington, London (d. 1938)
- Jun 16 Antonina Nezhdanova, Russian soprano (Rigoletto), born in Kryva Balka, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1950)
- Jun 21 H. M. Tomlinson, British writer (Sea & Jungle), born in London (d. 1958)
- Jun 24 Thomas Carl Whitmer, American composer, born in Altoona, Pennsylvania (d. 1959)
- Jun 28 Alexis Carrel, French surgeon, sociologist and biologist (Nobel 1912), born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France (d. 1944)
- Jun 29 Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (African cultures), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1938)
Famous Deaths
- Jun 1 Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (3rd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia), dies at 68
- Jun 2 François George-Hainl, French cellist and composer, dies at 65
- Jun 13 Angelo Mariani, Italian composer, dies at 51
- Jun 14 Friedrich von Raumer, German historian, travel writer (Italy and the Italians) and politician, dies at 92
- Jun 27 Hiram Powers, American sculptor (Greek Slave), dies at 67
- Jun 29 Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Bengali poet (b. 1824)