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

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 this day in history council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V  

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

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

1498  Toothbrush invented on this day in history.  

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 June - 26.  

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  On June - 26 swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde  

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

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

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on June - 26.  

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 this day in history dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America  

1723  After a lasting siege and bombardment by cannons, Baku surrenders to the Russians on June - 26.  

1730  On June - 26 charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects")  

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

1747  On June - 26 leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer  

1749  Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer on this day in history.  

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  On June - 26 george Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes  

1778  On June - 26 angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77  

1793  On June - 26 gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies  

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

1582  On June - 26 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  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.  

1702  On June - 26 birth of philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman  

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

0363  On this day in history flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies  

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

1541  Death of Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on June - 26.  

1631  On this day in history justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies  

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  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on this day in history.