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 June - 26.  

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

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

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

1498  On this day in history toothbrush invented  

1541  On June - 26 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.  

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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 this day in history.  

1630  Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde on June - 26.  

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

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

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

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

1702  Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman on June - 26.  

1714  On June - 26 spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement  

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  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 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  On this day in history leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1760  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal on June - 26.  

1763  George Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes on June - 26.  

1778  On June - 26 angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77  

1793  On June - 26 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  Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708) was born on June - 26.  

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 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  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 this day in history.  

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

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

1661  On this day in history lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76  

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on June - 26.  

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on this day in history.