Historical Events In June - 26
Monday, 15 September 2025
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 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 Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V on this day in history.
1483 Richard III usurps English throne on this day in history.
1483 On this day in history duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III
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 this day in history 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 this day in history.
1630 Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde on this day in history.
1631 On June - 26 justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies
1655 On this day in history jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent
1657 Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1661 Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on June - 26.
1666 Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on June - 26.
1688 Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on June - 26.
1702 On June - 26 philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman
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 this day in history.
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 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 On this day in history louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer
1754 On this day in history 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 On June - 26 george Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes
1778 On June - 26 angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77
1793 Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies on June - 26.