Historical Events In June - 26

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

0363  On June - 26 flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies   

0684  On this day in history st Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

1284  Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened) on this day in history.   

1291  On this day in history eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England   

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

1483  On June - 26 richard III usurps English throne   

1483  Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III on this day in history.   

1498  On June - 26 toothbrush invented   

1541  On June - 26 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.   

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

1553  Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter on this day in history.   

1582  On this day in history johannes Schultz, composer   

1630  Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde on this day in history.   

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

1655  On June - 26 jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent   

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

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  On this day in history 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  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  On June - 26 dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America   

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 June - 26.   

1747  Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer on this day in history.   

1749  On June - 26 louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer   

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  On June - 26 johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal   

1763  George Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77   

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

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

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

1655  Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent was born on June - 26.   

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  Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman was born on this day in history.   

1703  On June - 26 birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)   

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

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

1541  On June - 26 death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima   

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

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

1661  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on June - 26.   

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

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