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 this day in history.  

0363  On June - 26 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 June - 26.  

1291  On this day in history 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 June - 26 richard III usurps English throne  

1483  On June - 26 duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III  

1498  On June - 26 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.  

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

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

1582  On this day in history johannes Schultz, composer  

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

1631  On this day in history justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies  

1655  Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent 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  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on June - 26.  

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

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

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  On June - 26 dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America  

1723  On June - 26 after a lasting siege and bombardment by cannons, Baku surrenders to the Russians.  

1730  On this day in history charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects")  

1742  On June - 26 arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence)  

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

1749  On June - 26 louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer  

1754  On this day in history 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.  

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 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  On this day in history birth of hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)  

1689  On June - 26 birth of edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)  

1694  On June - 26 birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)  

1702  On June - 26 birth of philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman  

1703  On this day in history birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)  

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

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 June - 26 lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76  

1666  On June - 26 richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies  

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