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, 1806
Day of Week 27th » British forces take Buenos Aires during the first British invasions of the Río de la Plata.
Famous Birthdays on June in 1806
12th » John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (d. 1869)
16th » Edward Davy, English physician and chemist (d. 1885)
Famous Deaths for June 1806
2nd » William Tate (painter) e.g William Tate, English painter (b. 1747)
23rd » Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher (b. 1723)