Historical Events In June - 26

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  On June - 26 flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies   

0684  St Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on June - 26.   

1284  Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened) on June - 26.   

1291  Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England on June - 26.   

1409  On June - 26 council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V   

1483  On this day in history richard III usurps English throne   

1483  Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III on June - 26.   

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

1553  On this day in history christ's Hospital in England granted a charter   

1582  On June - 26 johannes Schultz, composer   

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

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

1661  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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  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 June - 26.   

1721  On June - 26 dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America   

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

1730  Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects") on June - 26.   

1742  Arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence) on this day in history.   

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

1749  Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer on June - 26.   

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  George Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes on June - 26.   

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 this day in history birth of anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)   

1582  On this day in history birth of johannes Schultz, composer   

1655  Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent was born on this day in history.   

1681  Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

1689  On June - 26 birth of edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)   

1694  On June - 26 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  Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies on this day in history.   

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

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 June - 26.   

1657  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

1666  On June - 26 richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies   

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