Historical Events
- Jun 1 British army occupies Pretoria, South Africa
- Jun 5 Pretoria, capital of the Boer Republic of South Africa, falls to the British led by General Buller
- Jun 6 Boxers cut off all railroad links between Peking and Tientsin, main port city of Peking
- Jun 6 US Congress pass an act authorizing a civil code and government for the territory of Alaska after gold discoveries bring lawlessness and disorder to the area
- Jun 7 Boer General Christian de Law occupies British rail depot at Roodewal
Taylor Wins 3rd British Open
Jun 7 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Englishman J.H. Taylor wins title for 3rd time; beats runner-up Harry Vardon by 8 strokes
- Jun 9 In China, Boxers destroy the race course in Peking, a few miles from the legations and the center and symbol of diplomatic social life and Western privilege
- Jun 10 In China, a relief column of some 2000 men set out from Tientsin to relieve foreigners trapped in Peking
- Jun 11 -12] Battle at Diamond Hill: British troops chase General Botha
Boxer Rebellion
Jun 11 David Beatty and 150 men from HMS Barfleur land as part of a force of 2,400 defending Tientsin from 15,000 Chinese troops plus Boxers
- Jun 12 In Germany, the Reichstag pass the second Navy Bill, which calls for doubling the German Navy within 20 years
- Jun 13 In China, Baron von Kettler, the German minister to China, beats two young Boxers with his walking stick; when word of this circulates, rioting and arson spread throughout Peking during the night
- Jun 14 Having been annexed to the USA on 12 August 1898, Hawaii is constituted as an organized territory
- Jun 14 The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy
- Jun 16 In China, a fire is set by Boxers, virtually destroying the Western Quarter and spreading to engulf many Chinese landmarks
- Jun 18 Empress Dowager Cixi orders I-Ho-Chuan (Boxers) to kill all foreigners
- Jun 18 General Luigi Pelloux resigns as premier of Italy
William McKinley Nominated
Jun 19 Republican Party nominates President William McKinley for re-election, but chooses a new candidate for Vice-President, Theodore Roosevelt
- Jun 20 Baron Von Ketteler, German Minister, decides to go to the Chinese authorities to demand more guards for European protection from Boxers and is killed by Boxers en route
- Jun 20 In China, most foreigners in the Peking legations now accept that they are under siege by Boxers
- Jun 21 Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers
- Jun 21 In the Philippines, General Arthur McArthur, US military governor of the Philippines, issues an amnesty proclamation to those Filipinos who will renounce the insurgent movement and accept US sovereignty
- Jun 22 In China, practically the whole foreign community in Peking, including many Chinese Christians, retreat to British compounds
- Jun 23 British Governor Frederick Hodgson and some of his British supporters flee Fort Coomassie, Gold Coast, Africa, where they have been under siege since 6 April
- Jun 23 The Young Turks present a manifesto to the major foreign embassies in Constantinople demanding that these foreign powers end the Ottoman Sultan's rule
- Jun 23 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Myrtle McAteer beats Edith Parker 6-2, 6-2, 6-0 for her lone major singles title
- Jun 24 Dutch Social-Democratic Workers' party & Socialistenbond merge
- Jun 25 Dunhuang manuscripts, including the Diamond Sutra, world's oldest surviving dated book, discovered by Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu in the Mogao Caves, China
- Jun 25 Russia mobilizes its army in eastern Siberia preparatory to acting against the Chinese, but also in an attempt to diminish the influence of Japan on the Asian mainland
- Jun 26 Dr Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever
- Jun 26 Japan mobilizes 20,000 troops to help put down the Boxer uprising in China and to advance their long-term interest in gaining land and power in mainland Asia
- Jun 26 The Russian Tsar orders that Russian must be the official language of Finland, despite growing unrest within Finland and increasing international concern over Russia's behavior there
- Jun 29 The Imperial Chinese Court issues what is essentially a declaration of war against foreigners in China blaming them for hostilities and giving license to the Boxers for even greater ferocity
- Jun 30 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks in New Jersey, 326 die
Famous Birthdays
Dennis Gabor (1900-1979)
Jun 5 Hungarian-British engineer and physicist (invented holography, Nobel Prize 1971), born in Budapest, Hungary
- Jun 6 Arthur Askey, British actor (Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1982)
- Jun 6 Lester Matthews, English actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), born in Nottingham, England (d. 1965)
- Jun 6 Manfred Sakel, Polish neurophysiologist and psychiatrist, born in Nadvorna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1957)
Frederick Terman (1900-1982)
Jun 7 American professor of engineering at Stanford University known as the "father of Silicon Valley", born in English, Indiana
- Jun 7 Glen Gray [Knoblauch], American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (Casa Loma Orchestra), born in Metamora, Illinois (d. 1963)
- Jun 7 Jan Engelman, Dutch poet, translator and critic (Garden of Eros), born in Utrecht, the Netherlands (d. 1972)
- Jun 8 H. J. Friedericy, Dutch author (Last General), born in Stadskanaal, Netherlands (d. 1962)
- Jun 9 Fred Waring, American musician and conductor (name behind the Waring Blender), born in Tyronne, Pennsylvania (d. 1984)
- Jun 9 Prosper Cocquyt, Belgian brewer and pilot, born in Astène, Belgium (d. 1954)
- Jun 10 Henri Bruning, Dutch poet and literary, born in Amsterdam (d. 1983)
- Jun 11 Lawrence E. Spivak, American news panelist (Meet the Press), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)
- Jun 12 Amadeo Roldán, Cuban composer and violinist, born in Paris (d. 1939)
- Jun 12 Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Sonna), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1955)
- Jun 13 Ian Hunter, South African character actor (Dr. Blood's Coffin; White Unicorn), born in Capetown, South Africa (d. 1975)
- Jun 14 June Walker, American stage actress (War Nurse, Unforgiven), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1966)
- Jun 15 Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (d. 1984)
- Jun 15 Otto Luening, German American conductor, composer and electronic music pioneer (Sonority Canon), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1996)
- Jun 15 Paul J. Mares, American jazz trumpeter and composer ("Farewell Blues"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1949)
- Jun 16 Jan van Tilburg, Dutch politician and Governor of Suriname (PVDA, 1955-62), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1977)
- Jun 17 Hermann Reuter, German composer, born in Stuttgart (d. 1985)
Martin Bormann (1900-1945)
Jun 17 German Nazi leader (Hitler's secretary, chief of the Party Chancellery), born in Wegeleben, Germany
- Jun 19 Laura Z. Hobson, American TV writer and panelist (I've Got a Secret), born in New York City (d. 1986)
- Jun 21 Gunnar Ek, Swedish composer and musician, born in Asarum Blekinge (d. 1981)
- Jun 22 Jennie Tourel [Davidovich], Russian-American mezzo-soprano (Paris Opera, 1931-38; Metropolitan Opera,1937-47), born in Vitebsk, Russian Empire (now in Belarus) (d. 1973)
- Jun 22 Russell Vis, American Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold freestyle lightweight 1924), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1990)
- Jun 24 Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (d. 1945)
- Jun 25 I. D. du Plessis, South African writer and director (3rd World), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1981)
Lord Mountbatten (1900-1979)
Jun 25 British naval officer and statesman, last Viceroy of India (1947), born in Windsor, England
- Jun 26 Jo Spier [Joseph Spier], Dutch cartoonist and water color painter, born in Zutphen, Netherlands (d. 1978)
- Jun 27 Otto Passman, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana (1947-77), born in Franklinton, Washington Parish Louisiana (d. 1988)
- Jun 28 Alan Bunce, American radio and television actor (Homicidal, Ethel & Albert), born in Westfield, New Jersey (d. 1965)
- Jun 28 Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Kordian into Cham), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1962)
- Jun 29 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer, poet and pioneering aviator (The Little Prince), born in Lyon, France (d. 1944)
- Jun 30 Beatrix Loughran, American figure skater (Olympic gold 1924, 1928, 1932), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 1975)
Famous Deaths
- Jun 9 Birsa Munda, Indian tribal freedom fighter, religious leader and folk hero of the Munda tribe who led an uprising in Bengal against the British Raj, dies in jail awaiting trial at 24
- Jun 11 Charles Swinnerton Heap, English composer, dies at 53
- Jun 21 Polibo Fumagalli, Italian composer, dies at 69
- Jun 29 Ivan Pervushin, Russian mathematician (number theory), dies at 73
