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

1284  On June - 26 pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened)  

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

1409  Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V on this day in history.  

1483  Richard III usurps English throne on this day in history.  

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 June - 26.  

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

1553  On June - 26 christ's Hospital in England granted a charter  

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 June - 26 jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent  

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

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

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

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

1702  Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman on this day in history.  

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 June - 26.  

1721  On this day in history dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America  

1723  After a lasting siege and bombardment by cannons, Baku surrenders to the Russians on this day in history.  

1730  On June - 26 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 this day in history 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  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  On this day in history birth of johannes Schultz, composer  

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  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 this day in history 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  On June - 26 death of eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England  

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