16th » Lord Byron reads 'Fantasmagoriana' to his four house guests at the Villa Diodati, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, and John Polidori, and inspires his challenge that each guest write a ghost story, which culminated in Mary Shelley writing th
Famous Birthdays on June in 1816
18th » Hélène Napoleone Bonaparte, French noblewoman and reputed child of Napoleon (d. 1907)
19th » William H. Webb, American shipbuilder and philanthropist, founded the Webb Institute (d. 1899)
Famous Deaths for June 1816
5th » Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (b. 1741)