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  On June - 26 council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V   

1483  Richard III usurps English throne on this day in history.   

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

1498  Toothbrush invented on this day in history.   

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 June - 26 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 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 this day in history.   

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

1714  On June - 26 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  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  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  On this day in history johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal   

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

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  Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.   

1582  Johannes Schultz, composer was born on June - 26.   

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

1681  Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708) was born on June - 26.   

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  Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman was born on this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)   

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 June - 26.   

1541  On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima   

1631  On this day in history justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies   

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

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

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

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