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  St Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

1284  Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened) on June - 26.  

1291  On June - 26 eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England  

1409  On June - 26 council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V  

1483  On this day in history richard III usurps English throne  

1483  On this day in history duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III  

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 this day in history.  

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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 June - 26.  

1582  On this day in history johannes Schultz, composer  

1630  On this day in history swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde  

1631  On this day in history justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies  

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

1657  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on June - 26.  

1661  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on June - 26.  

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

1688  On this day in history ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies  

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

1714  Spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement on this day in history.  

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 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  Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects") on this day in history.  

1742  On this day in history arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence)  

1747  On June - 26 leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer  

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  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal on this day in history.  

1763  On this day in history george Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes  

1778  On this day in history angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77  

1793  Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies on this day in history.  

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1575  On June - 26 birth of anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)  

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer was born on June - 26.  

1655  On this day in history birth of jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent  

1681  Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708) was born on June - 26.  

1689  On June - 26 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 June - 26.  

1703  On this day in history birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)  

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

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

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on this day in history.  

1631  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on this day in history.  

1657  On June - 26 tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65  

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