1st » American Civil War, Peninsula Campaign: the Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
3rd » A 3000-strong riot occurred at Wardsend Cemetery in the Sheffield, England, against rumours of bodysnatching from the grounds.
4th » American Civil War: Confederate States of America known as Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union (American Civil War) e.g Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
5th » As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
6th » American Civil War: Battle of Memphis Union (American Civil War) or Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederate States of America or Confederates.
7th » The United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland or United Kingdom agree to suppress the slave trade.
8th » American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys Confederate States of America known as Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
19th » The United States Congress named U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
20th » Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1862
5th » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
6th » Henry Newbolt, English historian, author, and poet (d. 1938)
7th » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
10th » Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (d. 1937)
16th » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (d. 1947)