Timeline June 1889

Events in June 1889 2

• 1844 – 1889 Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) Died 8 June 1889, aged 44 An English Jesuit priest and poet, Hopkins wrote densely innovative verse using his own "sprung rhythm" that went almost entirely unpublished in his lifetime. Poems such as "The Windhover" and "Pied Beauty" were released posthumously in 1918 and later recognized as among the finest of the Victorian era.
• 1889 The Starry Night painted His most iconic work — painted in an asylum Van Gogh painted The Starry Night in June 1889 from the window of his room at the Saint-Paul asylum. The swirling night sky over a village is now the most reproduced artwork in history after the Mona Lisa.