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, 1793
Day of Week 2nd » French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
Day of Week 10th » The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
10th » French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobin Club called Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the 'Reign of Terror named revolutionary dictatorship'.
Day of Week 24th » The French Constitution of 1793 known as first Republican constitution in France is adopted.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1793
29th » Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the Propeller (marine) called propeller (d. 1857)
Famous Deaths for June 1793
26th » Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (b. 1720)