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, 1799
Day of Week 18th » Action of 18 June 1799: A frigate squadron under Rear-admiral Jean-Baptiste Perrée known as Perrée is captured by the British fleet under George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith called Lord Keith
Famous Birthdays on June in 1799
6th » Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet (d. 1837)
23rd » John Milton Bernhisel, American physician and politician (d. 1881)
25th » David Douglas, Scottish-English botanist and explorer (d. 1834)
Famous Deaths for June 1799
6th » Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (b. 1736)
10th » Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1745)