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, 1667
Day of Week 9th » Second Anglo-Dutch War: The Raid on the Medway by the Netherlands e.g Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
Day of Week 14th » The Raid on the Medway by the Netherlands or Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ends. It had lasted for five days and resulted in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
Day of Week 15th » The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1667
18th » Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (d. 1750)
Famous Deaths for June 1667
5th » Pietro Sforza Pallavicino, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1607)