Historical Events In June - 26
Friday, 09 June 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 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 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 Richard III usurps English throne on this day in history.
1483 Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III on this day in history.
1498 Toothbrush invented on June - 26.
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.
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 this day in history johannes Schultz, composer
1630 Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde on this day in history.
1631 Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on this day in history.
1655 On June - 26 jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent
1657 On June - 26 tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65
1661 Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on June - 26.
1666 On this day in history richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies
1688 On this day in history 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 Dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America on this day in history.
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 June - 26.
1742 On this day in history arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence)
1747 On this day in history 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 June - 26.
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 Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77 on June - 26.
1793 Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies on this day in history.