Historical Events In June - 26
Tuesday, 19 August 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 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 On this day in history pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened)
1291 On June - 26 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 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on June - 26.
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 Justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies on this day in history.
1655 Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent on this day in history.
1657 Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1661 On June - 26 lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76
1666 On June - 26 richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies
1688 Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on June - 26.
1702 On this day in history philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman
1714 Spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement on June - 26.
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 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 Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer on this day in history.
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 Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal on this day in history.
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.