JUNE CALENDAR 



Birthdays 



1. Ben Jonson, 1573 



2. John Randolph of Roanoke, 1773 



3. George V of England, 1865 



4. George III of England, 1738 



5. Socrates, 469 B. c. 



6. Nathan Hale, 1758 



8. Charles Reade, 1814 

 John Everett Millais, 1829 



9. John Howard Payne, 1792 

 10. Henry M. Stanley, 1841 



Robert Schumann, 1810 



12. Charles Kingsley, 1819 



13. Winfleld Scott, 1786 

 Thomas Arnold, 1795 



14. Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1812 



15. Edvard Grieg, 1843 

 17. John Wesley, 1703 



22. H. Rider Haggard, 1856 



23. Josephine, Empress of the French, 1763 



28. Henry VIII of England, 1491 

 Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712 



29. Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 



Events 



1. Kentucky admitted to American Union, 



1792 



Tennessee admitted, 1796 

 Two-cent postage established between 



United States and Great Britain, 



1908 



2. Beginning of Reign of Terror in French 



Revolution, 1793 



3. First steam vessel arrived in Boston 



from England, 1840 



Lee took command of Confederates at 

 Richmond, 1862 



4. Treaty of peace between United States 



and Tripoli signed, 1805 



5. First ' public balloon ascension, in 



France, by Montgolfier Brothers, 

 1783 



6. Alsace annexed to Germany, 1871 



8. Lincoln nominated for President. 1864 

 Canada organized an army of 35,000 

 because of Fenians 



10. Navigation Acts enforced in colonies, 



1664 



King and queen of Serbia assassinated, 

 1903 



11. A committee appointed by Colonial 



Congress to draw up Declaration of 

 Independence, 1776 



Public schools opened in Philippines, 

 1906 



12. City of New York incorporated, 1665 



13. Lord Baltimore granted charter to 



Maryland, 1633 



First Canadian Parliament opened in 

 Ottawa, 1841 



14. United States Congress decided on a 



national flag, 1777 



Hawaii organized as a United States 

 territory, 1900 



15. Arkansas admitted to the Union, 1836 

 Great Britain and United States signed 



Oregon Treaty, 1846 

 William II became Emperor of Ger- 

 many, 1888 



16. Texas Congress agreed to terms of an- 



nexation to United States, 1845 

 Santiago, Cuba, bombarded, in Spanish- 

 American War, 1898 



17. Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775 



Corner stone of Bunker Hill Monument 

 laid, 1825 



18. United States declared war on Great 



Britain, 1812 

 Battle of Waterloo, 1815 



19. First assembly of Virginia met, 1619 

 Albany Convention met, 1754 



West Virginia admitted to the Union, 



1863 

 Statue of Liberty received from France, 



1885 



20. English prisoners perished in Black 



Hole of Calcutta, 1756 

 Michigan admitted to the Union. 1837 

 Accession of Queen Victoria, 1837 

 Alaska sold to United States by Russia, 



1867 

 22. Abdication of Napoleon, 1815 



Haakon VII crowned king of Norway, 



1906 



George V crowned king of Great Brit- 

 ain, 1911 



24. John and Sebastian Cabot found the 



shores of North America, 1497 

 King Philip's War began, 1675 



25. George A. Custer killed by the Indians 



in battle, and his command annihi- 

 lated, 1876 



26. English Corn Laws repealed, 1846 



27. First telegraph message passed be- 



tween New York and Boston, 1847 



28. Coronation of Queen Victoria, 1837 



29. Magna Charta probably signed on this 



day, 1215 



Parliament authorized Canada to es- 

 tablish new provinces, 1871 



30. Treaty of peace between United States 



and Algiers, 1815 



Indian Territory set aside for Indians, 

 1834 



Battle of Bunker Hill 

 Dew 



Flower 

 Nathan Hale 



For Study 



Home Sweet Home 

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 June Bug 

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 Navigation Acts 



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Rose 



Sandpiper 



Harriet Beecher Stowe 



