Horatio Kitchener (1850-1916)
Jun 5 British General who commanded British forces during the Battle of Omdurman (Sudan) and the Second Boer War who became British Secretary of State for War during WWI (1914-16), drowns at 65 after the HMS Hampshire struck a German mine
- Jun 5 Mildred J. Hill, American composer and musician ("Good Morning To All" which later became "Happy Birthday To You"), dies at 56
Yuan Shikai (1859-1916)
Jun 6 Chinese general and President of the Republic of China (1916), dies of uremia at 56
- Jun 7 Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (b. 1847)
- Jun 14 João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian writer (b. 1865)
- Jun 18 Helmuth von Moltke, German General (German Chief of Staff at start of WWI), dies at 67
- Jun 18 Max Immelmann, German pilot (1st flying ace of WWI), shot down over Northern France at 25
- Jun 24 Victor Chapman, French-American pilot renowned during WW1 (1st American pilot to die in WW1), succumbs to wounds at age 26
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
Jun 25 American artist (The Gross Clinic), dies at 71
- Jun 28 Ştefan Luchian, Romanian painter (b. 1868)
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