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, 1808
Day of Week 15th » Joseph Bonaparte becomes List of heads of state of Spain or King of Spain.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1808
3rd » Jefferson Davis, American colonel and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889)
17th » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist (d. 1845)
20th » Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (d. 1888)
Famous Deaths for June 1808
26th » Ludwik Tyszkiewicz, Polish poet and politician (b. 1748)