Historical Events
YMCA Formed
Jun 6 Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) formed by George Williams in London
Vulcanization of Rubber
Jun 15 Charles Goodyear patents the vulcanization of rubber
- Jun 22 Influential North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 Galusha Pennypacker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), (d. 1916)
- Jun 1 John J. Toffey, American Civil War hero (d. 1911)
- Jun 3 Detlev von Liliencron, German writer (Rides of the Adjutant and Other Poems), born in Kiel, Holstein (d. 1909)
- Jun 3 Emile Paladilhe, French composer, born in Montpellier, France (d. 1926)
- Jun 3 Garret Hobart, American politician (R) 24th US Vice President (1897-99), born in Long Branch, New Jersey (d. 1899)
- Jun 6 Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (Travellers in Auvergne), born in Taganrog, Russia (d. 1905)
- Jun 8 Willem Molkenboer, Dutch sculptor and art educator, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1915)
- Jun 10 Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter of peasant families (Laren School), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1914)
- Jun 10 Carl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren und Menschen), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1913)
- Jun 14 Édouard Naville, Swiss Egyptologist (Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1926)
- Jun 21 Ernest F. Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway) (d. 1909)
Famous Deaths
Joseph Smith (1805-1844)
Jun 27 American founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, shot by a mob at 38
