Historical Events
- Jun 1 Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days
Jackson's Potty Mouthed Parrot
Jun 10 Andrew Jackson's African Grey parrot "Poll" is removed from his funeral for swearing at The Hermitage, Tennessee. Funeral attendee William Menefee Norment recorded: "Before the sermon and while the crowd was gathering, a wicked parrot that was a household pet got excited and commenced swearing so loud and long as to disturb the people and had to be carried from the house”
- Jun 12 George Abernethy becomes 1st governor of Oregon Country
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 2 Arthur MacArthur, Jr, American career military officer (US Army - Civil War, American Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, Philippine–American War), born in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts (d. 1912)
- Jun 7 Leopold von Auer, Hungarian-American violinist, born in Veszprém, Hungary (d. 1930)
- Jun 9 Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, Governor General of Canada and India, born in London (d. 1914)
- Jun 17 Hendrik Peter Staal, Dutch military officer, administrator (Minister of War, 1905-07), and politician (Member of the Senate, 1907-20), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1920)
- Jun 18 Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1922)
- Jun 22 Richard Seddon, New Zealand politician (longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1893-1906), born in Eccleston, England (d. 1906)
- Jun 22 Tom Dula, American folk character (Tom Dooley) (d. 1868)
Famous Deaths
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
Jun 8 American general and 7th US President (Democratic: 1829-37), dies at 78
- Jun 15 Francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal and diplomat, dies at 60
