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, 1810
Day of Week 7th » The newspaper 'Gazeta de Buenos Ayres' is first published in Argentina.
Day of Week 23rd » John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1810
6th » Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin, German philologist and scholar (d. 1856)
8th » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (d. 1856)
9th » Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor (d. 1849)
17th » Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet (d. 1876)
Famous Deaths for June 1810
7th » Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (b. 1765)
20th » Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (b. 1755)
26th » Montgolfier brothers e.g Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1740)