18th » Action of 18 June 1799: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Jean-Baptiste Perrée known as Perrée is captured by the British fleet under George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith called Lord Keith
Famous Birthdays on June in 1799
6th » Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet (d. 1837)
23rd » John Milton Bernhisel, American physician and politician (d. 1881)
25th » David Douglas, Scottish-English botanist and explorer (d. 1834)
Famous Deaths for June 1799
6th » Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (b. 1736)
10th » Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1745)