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 June - 26 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  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  Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V on this day in history.  

1483  Richard III usurps English throne on June - 26.  

1483  On June - 26 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 June - 26 francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima  

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

1582  On June - 26 johannes Schultz, composer  

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

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  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1661  On June - 26 lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76  

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1747  On June - 26 leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer  

1749  On this day in history louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer  

1754  On June - 26 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 this day in history johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal  

1763  On June - 26 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 this day in history.  

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1694  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.  

1702  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima  

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

1688  On June - 26 ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies