Events & Holidays In June - 26

Independence Day (Madagascar)

Independence Day North, ex-British Somaliland (Somalia)

International Day Against Drug Abuse & Trafficking (International)

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (International)

National Flag Day (Romania)

1575  On this day in history birth of anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)  

1582  On this day in history birth of johannes Schultz, composer  

1655  On this day in history birth of jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent  

1681  On this day in history birth of hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)  

1689  Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769) was born on this day in history.  

1694  On this day in history birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)  

1702  On this day in history birth of philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman  

1703  On this day in history birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)  

0363  Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies on this day in history.  

1291  Death of Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England on this day in history.  

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on this day in history.  

1631  On this day in history justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies  

1657  On this day in history tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65  

1661  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1666  On this day in history richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies  

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on this day in history.