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 this day in history.   

0363  Flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies on June - 26.   

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  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  On this day in history richard III usurps English throne   

1483  On this day in history duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III   

1498  Toothbrush invented on June - 26.   

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 June - 26.   

1541  Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima on June - 26.   

1553  Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter on this day in history.   

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer on June - 26.   

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  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on June - 26.   

1661  On June - 26 lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76   

1666  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on this day in history.   

1688  On June - 26 ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies   

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  On this day in history dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America   

1723  On this day in history after a lasting siege and bombardment by cannons, Baku surrenders to the Russians.   

1730  On this day in history charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects")   

1742  On June - 26 arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence)   

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 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  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal on this day in history.   

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

1778  On June - 26 angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77   

1793  Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies on this day in history.   

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1575  On this day in history 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  Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769) was born on this day in history.   

1694  On June - 26 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  On this day in history 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  On June - 26 justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies   

1657  Tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65 on June - 26.   

1661  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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