13th » Province of Georgia named Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine (1740) e.g Siege of St. Augustine.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1740
2nd » Marquis de Sade, French philosopher and politician (d. 1814)
Famous Deaths for June 1740
1st » Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
6th » Alexander Spotswood, Moroccan-American colonial and politician, List of colonial governors of Virginia e.g Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (b. 1676)
17th » Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1687)