Historical Events In June - 26
Saturday, 21 June 2025
0363 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
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 Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III on this day in history.
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 Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter on this day in history.
1582 On this day in history 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 On June - 26 jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent
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 this day in history ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies
1702 Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman on this day in history.
1714 Spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement on this day in history.
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 On June - 26 dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America
1723 On June - 26 after a lasting siege and bombardment by cannons, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
1730 Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects") on this day in history.
1742 Arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence) on June - 26.
1747 Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer on this day in history.
1749 On June - 26 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 June - 26 johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal
1763 George Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes on this day in history.
1778 On this day in history angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77
1793 On June - 26 gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies