4th » Canonicus Grand Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Indian Tribe dies. He was Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Tribe (rivals to the Wampanoag) at the time of the Pilgrims landing in Plymouth.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1647
20th » John George III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1691)
Famous Deaths for June 1647
12th » Thomas Farnaby, English scholar and educator (b. 1575)