Historical Events
Anglo-Zulu War
Jun 1 Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed serving with British forces in the Anglo-Zulu War. He is buried in Farnborough, Hampshire.
- Jun 5 13th Belmont: George Evans riding Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75
HMS Pinafore
Jun 16 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC
- Jun 18 W. H. Richardson, an African-American inventor, patents the children's carriage (Patent no. 405599)
Woolworth's Opens 1st Store
Jun 21 Frank Winfield Woolworth opens his 1st successful "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store" on North Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 Max Emmerich, American athlete and gymnast (Olympic gold, triathlon 1904), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1956)
- Jun 2 Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright and poet (Avondvlam), born in Aaist, Belgium (d. 1958)
- Jun 3 Pieter J. A. Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer (d. 1974)
- Jun 3 Raymond Pearl, American biologist (d. 1940)
- Jun 4 Mabel Lucie Attwell, English children's author and illustrator, born in Mile End, London (d. 1964)
- Jun 5 Adolf Wiklund, Swedish composer, born in Långserud, Värmland, Sweden (d. 1950)
- Jun 5 René Pottier, French racing cyclist (Tour de France 1906), born in Moret-sur-Loing, Seine-et-Marne, France (d. 1907)
- Jun 5 Robert Mayer, German-born businessman and philanthropist, born in Mannheim, German Empire (d. 1985)
- Jun 6 Patrick Abercrombie, English architect and town planner, born in Ashton upon Mersey, Cheshire, England (d. 1957)
- Jun 7 Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer, born in Madioen, Java (d. 1963)
- Jun 7 Knud J. V. Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule), born in Jakobshavn, North Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark (d. 1933)
- Jun 8 Ethel Larcombe, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1912), born in Islington, England (d. 1965)
- Jun 9 Dudley Digges, Irish actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, The Invisible Man), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1947)
- Jun 9 Oskar Back, Hungarian-Dutch violist and pedagogue, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1963)
- Jun 10 Benjamin Lambord, American composer, born in Portland, Maine (d. 1915)
- Jun 11 Roger Bresnahan, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher, outfielder and manager (World Series 1905 NY Giants; St. Louis Cardinals; first shin guards and batting helmet), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1944)
- Jun 13 George Gunn, English cricket batsman (15 Tests, 2 x 100, 7 x 50, HS 122no; Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1958)
- Jun 13 Johannes Geelkerken, Dutch theologian and vicar, born in Alkmaar, Netherlands (d. 1960)
- Jun 13 Lois Weber, American film director who became the first woman to direct a full feature-length film (The Merchant of Venice) and the first to own her own studio, born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania (d. 1939)
- Jun 16 Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law), Bunzlau, German Empire (d. 1957)
- Jun 16 Theo Thijssen, Dutch writer (Kees the boy), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1943)
- Jun 21 Umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist and illustrator (Candide), born in Montemurlo, Italy (d. 1949)
- Jun 22 Thibaudeau Rinfret, jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1962)
- Jun 23 Huda Sha'arawi, Egyptian feminist and nationalist, founder of Egyptian Feminist Union, born in Upper Egypt (d. 1947)
- Jun 23 William Ewart Berry, British peer and newspaper publisher (The War Illustrated, The Sunday Times), born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (d. 1954)
- Jun 24 Agrippina J. Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer, and pedagogue (Fundamentals of the Classical Dance), born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1951)
- Jun 28 Sigurd von Koch, Swedish composer, born in Ägnö, Stockholm archipelago, Sweden (d. 1919)
- Jun 30 Walter Hampden, American actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1955)
