Historical Events In June - 26
Monday, 06 February 2023
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 June - 26 st Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1284 On June - 26 pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened)
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 Richard III usurps English throne on this day in history.
1483 On June - 26 duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III
1498 On this day in history 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 On June - 26 christ's Hospital in England granted a charter
1582 Johannes Schultz, composer on June - 26.
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 On June - 26 jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent
1657 Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on June - 26.
1661 On June - 26 lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76
1666 Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on this day in history.
1688 On June - 26 ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies
1702 Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman on this day in history.
1714 Spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement on June - 26.
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 On June - 26 charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects")
1742 On June - 26 arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence)
1747 Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer on this day in history.
1749 On this day in history louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer
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 Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal on June - 26.
1763 George Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes on June - 26.
1778 On June - 26 angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77
1793 Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies on this day in history.