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

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  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  Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III on June - 26.   

1498  Toothbrush invented on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima   

1553  On June - 26 christ's Hospital in England granted a charter   

1582  On June - 26 johannes Schultz, composer   

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

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  On this day in history ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies   

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 June - 26.   

1721  On June - 26 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  On June - 26 arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence)   

1747  Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer on June - 26.   

1749  Louis Joseph Claude Saint-Amans, composer on this day in history.   

1754  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 on June - 26.   

1760  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal on June - 26.   

1763  George Morland, England, artist of rural landscapes on June - 26.   

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

1793  On June - 26 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  On this day in history birth of johannes Schultz, composer   

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

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

1689  Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769) was born on this day in history.   

1694  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

1702  On June - 26 birth of philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman   

1703  Thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1541  On this day in history 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  Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies on June - 26.   

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on this day in history.