Port Royal Earthquake
Jun 7 An earthquake in Port Royal, Jamaica, kills 3,000 and sinks the cemetery where Henry Morgan was buried into the sea
Salem Witch Trials
Jun 10 The first victim of the Salem witch trials, Bridget Bishop, is hanged for witchcraft in the colony of Massachusetts
- Jun 24 Kingston, Jamaica, founded after Port Royal at mouth of the harbour destroyed by an earthquake
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