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  Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies on this day in history.  

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

1284  On this day in history pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened)  

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

1409  On this day in history council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V  

1483  On June - 26 richard III usurps English throne  

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

1498  On June - 26 toothbrush invented  

1541  On this day in history 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 June - 26 johannes Schultz, composer  

1630  On this day in history 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 June - 26.  

1657  On this day in history tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65  

1661  On June - 26 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 this day in history.  

1702  On this day in history philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman  

1714  On this day in history spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement  

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 June - 26.  

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  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 June - 26.  

1749  Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer on this day in history.  

1754  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 on this day in history.  

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  Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of johannes Schultz, composer  

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

1681  On June - 26 birth of hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)  

1689  Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769) was born on June - 26.  

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 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 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 this day in history.  

1661  On June - 26 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.