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, 1839
Day of Week 3rd » In Humen Town known as Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2 million kg of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a 'casus belli' to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
Day of Week 14th » Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.
Day of Week 17th » In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholic Church or Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu called Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathe
Day of Week 22nd » Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot (Cherokee) or Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Cherokee removal or Trail of Tears.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1839
10th » Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish politician, 19th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1912)