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

0684  On June - 26 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  Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V on this day in history.   

1483  Richard III usurps English throne on this day in history.   

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

1498  Toothbrush invented on this day in history.   

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.   

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

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

1582  On June - 26 johannes Schultz, composer   

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

1631  On June - 26 justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies   

1655  Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent on this day in history.   

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

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

1714  On June - 26 spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement   

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

1723  After a lasting siege and bombardment by cannons, Baku surrenders to the Russians on this day in history.   

1730  On this day in history charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects")   

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

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  On this day in history johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal   

1763  On this day in history george Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes   

1778  On June - 26 angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77   

1793  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1681  Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

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

1694  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

1702  Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman was born on this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history 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  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 June - 26 justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies   

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

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

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

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on June - 26.