What Happened In June 1770 In History

Historical Events for June, 1770

• 11th » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1770

• 1st » Friedrich Laun, German author (d. 1849)
• 3rd » Manuel Belgrano, Argentinian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1820)
• 7th » Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1828)
• 20th » Moses Waddel, American minister and academic (d. 1840)

Famous Deaths for June 1770

• 23rd » Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (b. 1721)

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