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 this day in history.   

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

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

1483  Richard III usurps English throne on June - 26.   

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

1498  Toothbrush invented on June - 26.   

1541  On this day in history 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 June - 26 francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima   

1553  Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter on June - 26.   

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer on June - 26.   

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

1657  On this day in history tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65   

1661  On June - 26 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.   

1702  On this day in history philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman   

1714  On June - 26 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 June - 26.   

1730  On this day in history charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects")   

1742  Arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence) on June - 26.   

1747  On June - 26 leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer   

1749  On June - 26 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 June - 26.   

1763  George Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes on June - 26.   

1778  On this day in history angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77   

1793  On this day in history gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1689  Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769) was born on this day in history.   

1694  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on June - 26.   

1702  On this day in history birth of philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman   

1703  Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767) was born on June - 26.   

0363  Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies on June - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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