June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of the four months with a length of 30 days. June is the month with the longest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere. June in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to December in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological summer is 1 June. In the Southern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological winter is 1 June.
June symbols: The birthstones of June are pearl, alexandrite and moonstone. The birth flower is rose. The zodiac signs for the month of June are Gemini (until June 20) and Cancer (June 21 onwards).
Historical Events for June, 1622
Day of Week 22nd » Portuguese Empire named Portuguese forces repel a Dutch Republic named Dutch invasion at the Battle of Macau during the Dutch–Portuguese War.
Day of Week 24th » Battle of Macau: The Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macau.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1622
6th » Claude-Jean Allouez, French-American missionary and explorer (d. 1689)
Famous Deaths for June 1622
4th » Péter Révay, Hungarian soldier and historian (b. 1568)
16th » Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555)