Historical Events In June - 26

0363  On June - 26 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 this day in history 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 June - 26 pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened)   

1291  Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England on June - 26.   

1409  On this day in history council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V   

1483  On June - 26 richard III usurps English throne   

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

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  Johannes Schultz, composer on this day in history.   

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

1631  On June - 26 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1702  Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman on June - 26.   

1714  On this day in history spain & Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement   

1718  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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 June - 26 leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer   

1749  On June - 26 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 this day in history johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal   

1763  On this day in history george Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes   

1778  On this day in history angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77   

1793  Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies on June - 26.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)   

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  Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65   

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

1666  On this day in history richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies   

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