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, 1775
Day of Week 12th » American Revolution: British Army British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts Colony Massachusetts. The Great Britain British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty:
Day of Week 14th » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
Day of Week 15th » American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
Day of Week 17th » American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1775
12th » Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (d. 1851)
13th » Antoni Radziwiłł, Lithuanian politician (d. 1833)
Famous Deaths for June 1775
17th » John Pitcairn, Scottish-English soldier (b. 1722)
23rd » Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz, German adventurer (b. 1692)