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 June - 26.   

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

1409  Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V on June - 26.   

1483  Richard III usurps English throne on June - 26.   

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

1498  On June - 26 toothbrush invented   

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  On this day in history johannes Schultz, composer   

1630  On this day in history swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde   

1631  Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on this day in history.   

1655  On June - 26 jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent   

1657  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1661  On this day in history lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76   

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on June - 26.   

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 this day in history 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 June - 26.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 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  On June - 26 johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal   

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

1778  Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77 on June - 26.   

1793  On this day in history 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  Johannes Schultz, composer was born on June - 26.   

1655  Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent was born on June - 26.   

1681  On this day in history birth of hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708)   

1689  On this day in history birth of edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)   

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 June - 26 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 June - 26.   

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  On this day in history richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies   

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