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  On June - 26 flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies  

0684  On June - 26 st Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

1284  Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened) on this day in history.  

1291  Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England on this day in history.  

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  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 June - 26.  

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

1553  Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter on this day in history.  

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer on June - 26.  

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

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

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

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  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on this day in history.  

1688  On this day in history ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 June - 26 charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects")  

1742  On this day in history arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence)  

1747  Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer on June - 26.  

1749  On this day in history 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  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal on June - 26.  

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  Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies on this day in history.  

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1575  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on June - 26.  

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer was born on June - 26.  

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

1681  On June - 26 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  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on June - 26.  

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

1703  On June - 26 birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)  

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

1657  On this day in history 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.