Historical Events In June - 26
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
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 On this day in history flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies
0684 St Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on June - 26.
1284 Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened) on this day in history.
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 Richard III usurps English throne on June - 26.
1483 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1541 On this day in history francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima
1553 On this day in history christ's Hospital in England granted a charter
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 On June - 26 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 this day in history.
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 On June - 26 philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman
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 June - 26.
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 Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer on June - 26.
1749 On June - 26 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 On June - 26 johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal
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 On this day in history gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies