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  On this day in history birth of edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)   

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  On this day in history death of eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England   

1541  On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima   

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

1657  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on this day in history.   

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