Historical Events In June - 26

0363  On June - 26 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 this day in history flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies  

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  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 June - 26.  

1483  On this day in history richard III usurps English throne  

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.  

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1541  On June - 26 francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima  

1553  On this day in history christ's Hospital in England granted a charter  

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer on this day in history.  

1630  On June - 26 swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde  

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

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

1657  On June - 26 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 June - 26 philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman  

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  Dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America on this day in history.  

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  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  On this day in history 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 June - 26.  

1793  On this day in history 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 June - 26 birth of johannes Schultz, composer  

1655  Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent was born on June - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1694  On this day in history birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)  

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

1703  Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767) was born on this day in history.  

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

1291  Death of Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England on June - 26.  

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

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

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

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