Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In June - 26
Wednesday, 19 February 2020
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 On this day in history flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies
0684 St Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on June - 26.
1284 Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened) on June - 26.
1291 Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England on this day in history.
1409 On this day in history council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V
1483 Richard III usurps English throne on this day in history.
1483 Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III on June - 26.
1498 On this day in history toothbrush invented
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 June - 26.
1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on June - 26.
1553 On this day in history christ's Hospital in England granted a charter
1582 Johannes Schultz, composer on this day in history.
1630 On this day in history swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde
1631 Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on this day in history.
1655 Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent on June - 26.
1657 Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
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 June - 26 ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies
1702 Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman on this day in history.
1714 Spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement on this day in history.
1718 On this day in history tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
1721 Dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America on this day in history.
1723 On this day in history 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 On June - 26 arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence)
1747 On June - 26 leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer
1749 Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer on this day in history.
1754 On this day in history 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.
1760 Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal on June - 26.
1763 On this day in history george Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes
1778 On this day in history angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77
1793 Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies on June - 26.