Historical Events In June - 26

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 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 June - 26 pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened)   

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

1409  On this day in history 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 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  Johannes Schultz, composer on June - 26.   

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

1631  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on June - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

1666  On this day in history 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  On this day in history spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement   

1718  On this day in history 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  On June - 26 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  Arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence) on this day in history.   

1747  Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer on this day in history.   

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  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal on June - 26.   

1763  On June - 26 george Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes   

1778  Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1793  On June - 26 gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies   

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1575  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On this day in history birth of johannes Schultz, composer   

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

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 June - 26.   

1694  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on June - 26.   

1702  On June - 26 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  On June - 26 death of eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England   

1541  On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima   

1631  On June - 26 justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies   

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 this day in history richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies   

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on June - 26.