Page 2: Historical Events In June - 06

1747  Jean Barriere, composer, dies   

1752  3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed.   

1755  John Flaxman, English sculptor (Westminster Abbey tomb stones).   

1756  John Trumbull, US painter (Declaration of Independence)   

1765  Cornelis Loots, Dutch accountant/poet (Dwingelandij).   

1772  Haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles Chicago.   

1778  George (Beau) Brummell, Fashion leader is born.   

1784  Joan Derk van de Capellen, leader of democratic Patriots, dies at 42   

1785  Johann Michael Demmler, composer, dies at 36   

1795  Fire destroy 1/3 of Copenhagen; 18000 injured   

1797  Napoleon forms Ligurische Republic.   

1799  American orator Patrick Henry ("Give me liberty or give me death!") dies in Charlotte County, Virginia.   

1799  Aleksandr Sergeyevich, Russia, poet, founder of modern Russian Lit.   

1801  Peace of Badajoz: Spain-Portugal   

1804  Petter Conrad Boman, composer   

1807  Adrien Francois Servais, composer   

1809  Sweden declares independence, constitutional monarchy established   

1813  US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont)   

1813  Israel Washburn, gov (Union), died in 1883.   

1813  Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect   

1815  Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer   

1815  Samuel Whitbread, English Politician.   

1816  10" snowfall in New England, the "year without a summer" (Krakatoa)   

1816  10" snowfall in New England, "year without a summer" (Krakatoa)   

1816  Christiane Vulpius, wife of Johann W von Goethe, dies at 51   

1819  William Howard Glover, composer   

1826  Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist   

1829  John Baillie McIntosh, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888   

1831  2nd national black convention (Phila).   

1832  The barricades fall and the Paris student uprisings of 1832 end.   

1836  Antons Klemens Theodor, king of Saksen (1827-36), dies at 80   

1840  John Stainer, composer.   

1841  Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (d.1910)   

1842  James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor (Amer Acad of Dramatic Art)   

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1236  Wen tianxiang: Chinese prime minister   

1436  Regiomontanus (johannes muller): Prepares astronomical tables   

1502  King john iii of portugal: King john iii of portugal (d. 1557)   

1519  Andrea cesalpino: Italian philosopher and botanist   

1576  Giovanni diodati: Swiss protestant clergyman   

1580  Godefroy wendelin: Flemish astronomer   

1599  Diego velázquez: Spanish painter   

1606  Pierre corneille: France, dramatist (el cid, horace)   

0840  Agobard: Archbishop of lyon (anti-semite),   

1134  Death of Norbertus van xanten: Monastery founder,   

1393  Emperor go-en'yu of japan: Emperor go-en'yu of japan (b. 1359)   

1480  Vecchietta: Italian artist and architect   

1548  Death of Juan de castro: Portuguese explorer (b. 1500)   

1563  Death of Ikeda nagamasa: Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)   

1583  Nakagawa kiyohide: Japanese warlord (b. 1556)   

1671  Stenka/stepan razin: Russian cossack/boer leader, killed