Historical Events In June - 26

0363  Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield on this day in history.  

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

0684  St Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on June - 26.  

1284  On this day in history pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened)  

1291  Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England on June - 26.  

1409  On June - 26 council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V  

1483  Richard III usurps English throne on June - 26.  

1483  On June - 26 duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III  

1498  Toothbrush invented on June - 26.  

1541  Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed on this day in history.  

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1541  Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on June - 26.  

1553  On June - 26 christ's Hospital in England granted a charter  

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer on June - 26.  

1630  On June - 26 swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde  

1631  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on this day in history.  

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

1657  On June - 26 tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65  

1661  On this day in history lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76  

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

1688  On this day in history ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies  

1702  On June - 26 philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman  

1714  Spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement on this day in history.  

1718  Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him on this day in history.  

1721  Dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America on this day in history.  

1723  On June - 26 after a lasting siege and bombardment by cannons, Baku surrenders to the Russians.  

1730  Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects") on this day in history.  

1742  Arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence) on this day in history.  

1747  Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer on June - 26.  

1749  On this day in history louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer  

1754  Anthony Henday, an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, leaves York Factory with a party of Plains Cree returning to the interior; returns June 23, 1755, having traveled as far west as present-day Red Deer, Alberta on this day in history.  

1760  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal on this day in history.  

1763  George Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes on June - 26.  

1778  Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1793  On June - 26 gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies  

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1575  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.  

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer was born on June - 26.  

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 June - 26 birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)  

1702  On June - 26 birth of philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman  

1703  Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767) was born on June - 26.  

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

1291  On June - 26 death of eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England  

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on June - 26.  

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

1657  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on June - 26.  

1661  On June - 26 lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76  

1666  On June - 26 richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies  

1688  On June - 26 ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies