June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of the four months with a length of 30 days. June is the month with the longest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere. June in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to December in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological summer is 1 June. In the Southern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological winter is 1 June.
June symbols: The birthstones of June are pearl, alexandrite and moonstone. The birth flower is rose. The zodiac signs for the month of June are Gemini (until June 20) and Cancer (June 21 onwards).
Historical Events for June, 1665
Day of Week 3rd » James II of England James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Netherlands Dutch Naval fleet fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
Day of Week 12th » England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Netherlands named Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam).
Famous Birthdays on June in 1665
4th » Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian captain (d. 1733)