Historical Events In June - 26

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

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

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

1483  On June - 26 richard III usurps English throne  

1483  On June - 26 duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III  

1498  Toothbrush invented on June - 26.  

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.  

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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  On June - 26 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  Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent 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 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  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  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  On this day in history charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects")  

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

1747  Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer on this day in history.  

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  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal on June - 26.  

1763  George Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes on this day in history.  

1778  Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1793  Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies on June - 26.  

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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 June - 26 birth of johannes Schultz, composer  

1655  On this day in history birth of jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent  

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  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1631  On June - 26 justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies  

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

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

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on this day in history.  

1688  On June - 26 ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies