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  Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies on this day in history.  

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

1284  On this day in history 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 June - 26.  

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

1483  Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1541  Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on this day in history.  

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

1582  On this day in history johannes Schultz, composer  

1630  Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde on this day in history.  

1631  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on this day in history.  

1655  On June - 26 jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent  

1657  On June - 26 tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65  

1661  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on June - 26.  

1666  On this day in history richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies  

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

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

1714  On this day in history spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement  

1718  On June - 26 tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.  

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  Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects") on June - 26.  

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

1747  On this day in history leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer  

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 June - 26.  

1760  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal on this day in history.  

1763  On this day in history george Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes  

1778  Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77 on June - 26.  

1793  Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies on this day in history.  

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1575  On June - 26 birth of anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)  

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

1655  On June - 26 birth of jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent  

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 June - 26.  

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 this day in history.  

1291  On this day in history death of eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England  

1541  On June - 26 death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima  

1631  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on June - 26.  

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  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on June - 26.