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, 1849
Day of Week 5th » Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy by the signing of a new Constitution of Denmark named constitution.
29th » Pedro Montt, Chilean politician, 15th President of Chile (d. 1910)
29th » Sergei Witte, Russian politician, 1st List of heads of government of Russia e.g Chairmen of Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire (d. 1915)
29th » John Hunn (governor) named John Hunn, American businessman and politician, 51st Governor of Delaware (d. 1926)
Famous Deaths for June 1849
10th » Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician (b. 1784)
15th » James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)
16th » Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, German theologian and scholar (b. 1780)