What Happened In June 1857 In History

Historical Events for June, 1857

• 6th » Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden known as Oscar II of Sweden–Norway.
• 26th » The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London known as Hyde Park, London.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1857

• 2nd » Edward Elgar, English composer (d. 1934)
• 2nd » Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
• 6th » Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1918)
• 16th » Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Austrian-Hungarian general (d. 1935)
• 18th » Henry Clay Folger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Folger Shakespeare Library (d. 1930)

Famous Deaths for June 1857

• 8th » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)

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