June In History
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- Ancient Births and Deaths
- Ancient Events
- Ancient Festivals
- Archaeological Discovery and History Dates
Ancient Births and Deaths
June 8, 632 C.E.
Death of Mohammed, prophet of Islam and author of Koran.
June 13, 40 C.E.
Birth of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general who conquered Wales and Northern England, chronicled by Tacitus.
June 13, B.C.E.
Death of Alexander the Great, Macedonian conqueror of the Persian Empire at Babylon of a fever.
June 15, 1330 C.E.
Birth of Edward The Black Prince, prince of Wales (1343-1376).
Ancient Events
June 1, 1495 C.E.
First written record of Scotch whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland with Friar John Cor as the distiller.
June 15, B.C.E.
Assyrians record a total solar eclipse event on clay tablet.
June 22, 2942
Bilbo Baggins returns home to Bag End (Shire Reckoning).
Ancient Festivals
June 7: Vestalia
Roman festival dedicated to Vesta, the Roman goddess of the hearth.
Temple of Vesta was cleaned out and it was considered a dangerous time until the dirt was disposed of on June 15th.
Archaeological Discovery and History Dates
June 27, 1829
Death of James Smithson, whose will established the Smithsonian Institute.