Historical Events
Neue Rheinische Zeitung
Jun 1 Revolutionary newspaper "Neue Rheinische Zeitung" founded by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and the Communist League in Cologne
- Jun 2 The Slavic congress in Prague begins.
Statue of William the Silent
Jun 5 Statue of prince William the Silent, Prince of Orange by Lodewyk Royer unveiled in The Hague's Het Plein
Martin Van Buren Nominated
Jun 22 Barnburners (anti-slavery) party nominates Martin Van Buren for President
Famous Birthdays
- Jun 1 Otto Valdemar Malling, Danish organist and composer (Det hellige Land, opus 46), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1915)
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Jun 7 French post-impressionist painter who worked in French Polynesia, born in Paris
- Jun 24 Brooks Adams, American philosopher (Theory of Social Revolutions), born in Quincy, Massachusetts (d. 1927)