Historical Events In June - 26
Friday, 25 October 2024
0363 On June - 26 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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima
1553 On June - 26 christ's Hospital in England granted a charter
1582 On this day in history johannes Schultz, composer
1630 Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde on June - 26.
1631 Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on this day in history.
1655 On June - 26 jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent
1657 Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1661 Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1666 Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on June - 26.
1688 Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on this day in history.
1702 On this day in history philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman
1714 On this day in history 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 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 Arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence) on June - 26.
1747 Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer on June - 26.
1749 Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1778 On June - 26 angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77
1793 Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies on this day in history.