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 June - 26.   

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

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

1409  Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V on this day in history.   

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  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 June - 26.   

1541  Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on June - 26.   

1553  Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter on June - 26.   

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

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

1666  On June - 26 richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies   

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

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

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

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

1723  On this day in history 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  On June - 26 arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence)   

1747  On this day in history leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer   

1749  Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer on June - 26.   

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  On June - 26 george Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes   

1778  On June - 26 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  On this day in history birth of johannes Schultz, composer   

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

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

1689  On this day in history birth of edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)   

1694  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on June - 26.   

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

1291  On June - 26 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  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on June - 26.   

1666  On June - 26 richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies   

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