- Jun 6 Shanawdithit (Nancy), last known survivor of First Nations People the Beothuk of Newfoundland, dies of tuberculosis at 29 [1]
- Jun 27 James Smithson, English scientist dies at about 64, his will leaves half a million dollars to the United States to establishes the Smithsonian Institute
- Jun 27 Louis-Sébastien Lebrun, French composer, dies at 64