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

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 June - 26.  

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

1582  On June - 26 johannes Schultz, composer  

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

1702  Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman on June - 26.  

1714  Spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement on June - 26.  

1718  On June - 26 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 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  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  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  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 this day in history.  

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 June - 26.  

1703  Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767) was born on this day in history.  

0363  Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies on June - 26.  

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

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 this day in history tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65  

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

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on June - 26.  

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