Page 3: Historical Events In June - 28
Tuesday, 30 June 2026
1831 Joseph Joachim, Kittsee Germany, violinist (Hungarian Concerto). 

1832 Gerrit Moll measures noise of guns 

1834 Queen Victoria crowned at Westminster Abbey 

1836 James Madison, 4th US pres (1809-17), dies in Montpelier Va at 85 

1838 Britain's Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey 

1841 The Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris premieres the ballet Giselle. 

1845 Another Quebec fire destroys the suburb of St. John and 1300 houses 

1846 Adrian van de Ende, vicar/protestant reformer, dies at 77 

1847 Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer 

1852 Hans Huber, composer. 

1853 Edwin Arthur Jones, composer 

1855 The Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University. 

1855 Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86. 

1857 Joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53. 

1859 The inaugural dog show held (Newcastle-on-Tyne, England). 

1859 1st dog show held (Newcastle-on-Tyne, England) 

1861 Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest 

1862 Day 4 of the 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station 

1862 Day 4 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station/Garnett's Farm, VA. 

1865 CSS Shenandoah captures 11 American whalers in one day 

1865 The Army of the Potomac is disbanded 

1865 Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer/journalist (Remarkable Stories) 

1867 Luigi Pirandello, Italy, writer (6 Characters-Nobel 1934). 

1869 Amsterdam typographer strike. 

1872 Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer, dies at 66. 

1873 Alexis Carrel, France, surgeon/sociologist/biologist (Nobel 1912) 

1874 Freedmen's Bank closes 

1874 Oley Speaks, composer 

1876 August W Ambros, Austria musicologist, dies at 59. 

1879 Sigurd von Koch, composer 

1880 Ned Kelly the Australian bushranger captured at Glenrowan 

1885 Berthold Viertel, writer. 

1886 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #259 Aletheia. 

1886 Joe Cox, cricketer (S African pace bowler in 1913-14 series v England). 

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