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, 1791
Day of Week 21st » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1791
21st » Robert Napier (engineer) named Robert Napier, Scottish engineer and educator (d. 1876)
Famous Deaths for June 1791
5th » Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-Canadian general and politician, 22nd List of Governors General of Canada named Governor of Quebec (b. 1718)
10th » Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1720)