Historical Events In June - 26
Thursday, 10 July 2025
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