Historical Events In June - 26
Friday, 01 November 2024
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 this day in history.
0684 St Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
1284 On June - 26 pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened)
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 Richard III usurps English throne on this day in history.
1483 Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III on June - 26.
1498 Toothbrush invented on this day in history.
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 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on June - 26.
1553 Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter on this day in history.
1582 Johannes Schultz, composer on this day in history.
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 On this day in history tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65
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 Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on this day in history.
1702 On this day in history philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman
1714 Spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement on this day in history.
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 Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects") on this day in history.
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 Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal on June - 26.
1763 On this day in history george Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes
1778 Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1793 Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies on June - 26.