Historical Events
Frémont Explores the Oregon Trail
Jun 15 John C. Frémont sets off from Kansas River on his first expedition of the Oregon Trail with frontierman Kit Carson as his guide
Ellen G. White Baptized
Jun 26 Ellen G. White is baptized by John Hobart in Portland, Maine
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 6 Steele MacKaye [James Morrison Steele MacKaye], American playwright and actor (Spectatorium, Paul Kauvar), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1894)
- Jun 8 John Q. A. Brackett, American politician, 36th Governor of Massachusetts (1890-91), born in Bradford, New Hampshire (d. 1918)
- Jun 11 Carl von Linde, German engineer and chemist who invented mechanical refrigeration, born in Berndorf, Germany (d. 1934)
- Jun 11 Prince Alfred, Liechtenstein noble and politician, born in Prague, Czech Republic (d. 1907)
- Jun 12 Rikard Nordraak, Norwegian composer, born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1866)
- Jun 16 David Herold, American pharmacist's assistant who was part of the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, born in Maryland (d. 1865)
- Jun 19 Carl Johann Adam Zeller, Austrian composer, born in Sankt Peter in der Au, Austria (d. 1898)
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
Jun 24 American writer and satirist (Devil's Dictionary, Nuggets & Dust), born in Meigs County, Ohio
Jamie Anderson (1842-1905)
Jun 27 Scottish golfer (British Open 1877-79), born in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland
- Jun 29 Josef Labor, Austrian composer, born in Hořovice, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1924)