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, 1805
Day of Week 2nd » Napoleonic Wars: A First French Empire Franco-Enlightenment in Spain Spanish fleet Battle of Diamond Rock recaptures Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
Day of Week 10th » First Barbary War: Yusuf Karamanli signs a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States.
Day of Week 11th » A History of Detroit 1805 fire known as fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory.
Day of Week 13th » Lewis and Clark Expedition: scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
Day of Week 30th » The Congress of the United States called U.S. Congress organizes the Michigan Territory.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1805
15th » William B. Ogden, American politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (d. 1877)
21st » Charles Thomas Jackson, American physician and geologist (d. 1880)
22nd » Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1872)
27th » Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (d. 1883)
Famous Deaths for June 1805
19th » Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (b. 1724)